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WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police urge extreme caution with black market marijuana after a 27-year-old woman died after using unregulated marijuana laced with fentanyl. The woman was found unresponsive in […]
Where does the money from Rhode Island’s cannabis sales go? As President and CEO at The Leadership Council for Substance Abuse and Mental Health of Rhode Island, I would like to […]
STATE HOUSE — On Tuesday, the General Assembly passed legislation introduced by Rep. Joshua J. Giraldo (D-Dist. 56, Central Falls) and Sen. Joshua Miller (D-Dist. 28, Cranston, Providence) allowing overdose […]
![[CREDIT: CSPAN] Sen. Jack Reed questioned federal law enforcement officials about the impact of Speaker McCarthy's proposed $4.5T budget cuts on the opioid epidemic and public safety.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sen.-Reed-Debt-Ceiling-Budget-Cuts-Opioid-Epidemic-Impact-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — As Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, Dist. 23) uses conservative lawmakers’ refusal to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling to negotiate $4.5 trillion in GOP budget cuts, Sen. Jack […]
![[CREDIT: CODAC] U.S. Senators Reed and Whitehouse have announced $1.5M for expanding CODAC's Providence HQ and train and equip first responders in administering NARCAN.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CODAC-Cranston-RI-1-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced $1.5 million in federal funds to expand CODAC headquarters and train and equip the state’s first responders to administer […]
STATE HOUSE — Legislation establishing guidelines for the diversion program within the Superior Court, offering an alternative to judicial conviction for addiction and mental health-related offenses, has been signed into […]
![[CREDIT: JH Communications] Mary Walton will be the first physician assistant at CODAC to use the telehealth prescribing system.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Mary-Walton-CODAC-telehealth-prescriber-2-e1560811001459-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
CRANSTON, R.I. — There were 320 drug overdose deaths in 2017 as Rhode Island’s fatality rate in the opioid epidemic fell from 9th to 11th highest, a statistic CODAC Behavioral […]
WARWICK, RI — Lt. Governor Dan McKee joined Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian and the mayors of five other Rhode Island communities during a Monday press conference to announce a pending lawsuit against […]
