Tag: Opioids
Partnerships, high-profile merger plan lead the way in health care
2018 began with health risks, routine and unforeseen, and proposed partnerships, and ended with uncertainty over the fate of the $78 billion merger of...
Providence VA Medical nurse admits to fraudulently obtaining opioid prescriptions
PROVIDENCE – A Providence VA Medical Center nurse pleaded guilty in federal court on Dec. 7 to charges that he fraudulently obtained and tampered...
Brown study: Fentanyl test strips effectively reduce young-adult opioid overdoses
PROVIDENCE — Brown University's School of Public Health researchers report fentanyl test strips are effective in preventing opioid overdoses and that community-based organizations would...
R.I. receives $15M in federal funds to combat opioids
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving $15 million to combat the opioid crisis from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the department...
Justice Department, DEA propose reduction of opioid manufacturing quotas
WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration have proposed reducing controlled substance manufacturing by between 7 and 15 percent in...
R.I. receives $3.9M for job training program for Rhode Islanders in...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has received $3.9 million in federal funds to support job training for Rhode Islanders in addiction recovery, Gov. Gina M....
R.I. updates pain-management regulations to curb opioid abuse
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has updated its pain-management regulations to require doctors prescribing opioids to discuss the risks of taking the pain reliever, indicate...
City sues opioid manufacturers, distributors over deceptive marketing
PROVIDENCE – The city has filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors, asserting the deceptive marketing, prescribing, overdistribution and sale of opioids have...
R.I. runs $600K prevention campaign ‘The Truth About Opioids’
PROVIDENCE — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force announced today a local $600,000 social media and television public prevention campaign,...
Opinion: Opioid epidemic devastating R.I.
It seems that every generation has its own epidemic to battle. But unlike polio or cholera, the tragic epidemic of our time is one...
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