Tag: Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force
Report: R.I. construction workers hardest hit by fatal opioid overdose crisis
PROVIDENCE – Among all occupations in the Ocean State, construction and maintenance workers in Rhode Island continue to be hardest hit by the opioid...
R.I. program distributes 10K naloxone kits to community groups
PROVIDENCE – Community organizations across the state have received hundreds of naloxone kits and funding to help distribute them as part of a new...
R.I. sees decline in drug-overdose deaths for second straight year in...
PROVIDENCE – The state saw a decline in drug-overdose deaths for the second straight year in 2018, according to R.I. Department of Health data...
Rich elected to 2018 National Academy of Medicine
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Josiah “Jody” Rich, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Brown University, has been elected to the 2018 class of the National Academy of...
Raimondo to honor local municipal leaders for overdose prevention plans
WARWICK – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo will join the members of Rhode Island's Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick...
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,...
Three R.I. hospitals standardize addiction, overdose treatment
PROVIDENCE - Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force has recognized South County Health and CharterCARE Health Partners for adopting standardized addiction and...
