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The task force has an extended deadline to get a report to Common Council by April 30, which will be more than a year since the group was created.

Rhode Island seeks spike of drug overdose deaths in 2020 April 14, 2021 GMT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Accidental drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island jumped by 25% in 2020 over the prior year, to their highest level since records have been kept, state health officials said Wednesday. There were 384 accidental overdose deaths last year, most involving opioids, according to the state’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force, which released the final overdose data for the year during a ...

Rhode Island sees spike in drug overdose deaths in 2020 April 14, 2021 3:56 pm PROVIDENCE (AP) – Accidental drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island jumped by 25% in 2020 over the prior year, to their highest level since... April 11, 2021 10:45 pm PROVIDENCE – Research students at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University are hoping to get a sense of whether various factors, including... April 11, 2021 10:30 pm Dr. Elias Hyams joined the Brown Urology staff in February, arriving at t...

CODAC Behavioral Healthcare to Present at 2021 All-Virtual AATOD Conference Share Article Experts to Explain Collaborative Efforts to Improve Access to Quality MAT and Other Key Topics It is our honor to share our models, best practices and outcomes with other experts in our field -- particularly as we face the dual crisis of the opioid crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic. CRANSTON, R.I. (PRWEB) April 06, 2021 CODAC Behavioral Hea...

R.I. program distributes 10K naloxone kits to community groups THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals is among the state agencies working on the newly launched 10,000 Chances Project. PROVIDENCE – Community organizations across the state have received hundreds of naloxone kits and funding to help distribute them as part of a new state initiative to cut down on fatal opioid overdoses in Rhode Island. The 10,000 Chances Project, annou...