by Monica Smith | Jun 22, 2017 | Community News
RICARES Report to the Community: The Opioid Accidental Overdose Death Epidemic This report responds to the questions: How did we get here? What is being done now? What can be done? RICARES spent time in the community with folks directly affected by addiction...
by Monica Smith | May 23, 2017 | Community News, Public Health
Rhode Island Communities For Addiction Recovery Efforts (RICARES) is a grassroots alliance of individuals in recovery from substance use disorder. Monica Smith, Executive Director, and Steve Gumbley, Board Member, discuss how the organization’s approach includes many...
by Monica Smith | May 22, 2017 | Community News, Public Health
Thank you Representative Perry and all of the recovery community who came together to make sure the Good Samaritan Act was reinstated. § 9-1-27.1 Good Samaritan – Immunity from liability. No person who voluntarily and gratuitously renders emergency assistance to a...
by Monica Smith | May 19, 2017 | Community News, Public Health
Members of the Rhode Island Recovery Community came together on a cold January afternoon to provide a visual expression of our overdose epidemic in the State to members of the legislature. The hope of this demonstration was both to insure that the Good Samaritan Bill...
by Monica Smith | May 19, 2017 | Community News, Public Health
R.I. Enacts “Ban-the-Box” Law, Limiting Employer Inquiries into Applicants’ Criminal Histories Effective January 1, 2014, a new law in Rhode Island will ban employers from inquiring on job applications about the criminal histories of applicants. Under the new...
