WPD: Black Market Marijuana Kills Woman, 27
By: Rob Borkowski on April 4, 2025 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
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 […]
Tassoni: Cannabis Profits Should Aid Overdose Prevention, Education & Treatment
By: Warwick Post Staff on March 24, 2025 in Health, All Politics Are Local
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 […]
Senate OKs Overdose Deaths Info Collection
By: Rob Borkowski on June 7, 2023 in News to You
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 […]
FBI: GOP Budget Cuts Would Worsen Opioid Epidemic
By: Rob Borkowski on May 11, 2023 in News to You, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
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 […]
CODAC, First Responders Win $1.5M Opioid Grant
By: Warwick Post Staff on September 23, 2022 in News to You
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 […]
RI Sets Conviction Alternative for Addiction-Related Offenses
By: Rob Borkowski on July 22, 2019 in News to You
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 […]
CODAC, Thundermist Offer Telemedicine Prescribing for Substance Use Disorder
By: Rob Borkowski on June 17, 2019 in News to You
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 Joins Fourteen-Community Lawsuit Against Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors
By: Rob Borkowski on January 23, 2018 in News to You
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 […]