by Operations Account | 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 Operations Account | May 25, 2017 | Community News
There is good news in the campaign to reduce opioid deaths in Rhode Island. Newly released data show the Ocean State is at the top in New England and second best in the nation in reducing the number of opioid prescriptions filled within the past three years. Rhode...
by Operations Account | May 23, 2017 | Community News
PROVIDENCE – Monica Smith, the new executive director at RICARES, the Rhode Island Communities for Addiction Recovery Efforts, newly arrived from Oregon, admits that she is still learning how best to navigate her way around the policy labyrinths of Rhode Island...
by Operations Account | 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 Operations Account | 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 Operations Account | 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...
