The Prevention Training & Technical Assistance Service Center has created a complete parent eBook providing information on opioids, data and statistics of use and also how to have conversations with your child at different life stages. Access this resource here.
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2022 Rhode Island Student Survey (RISS) Report
BHDDH, RIDOH, and RIDE, March 2023 The Rhode Island Student Survey (RISS) is a collaboration among the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (RI BHDDH), the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), and the Rhode...
Practical Theorist 13: Fentanyl – Why Fentanyl/Why Now
CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America), November 2022 In this video from the CADCA Research Into Action Webinar Series, Dr. Albert Terrillion (CADCA), Dr. Grant Baldwin (CDC), and Ms. Merilee Fowler (MATFORCE and Community Counts) provide an overview of...
Opioid Use in Rhode Island 2017
State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW), May 2017 This data brief was created by the SEOW on behalf of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH). It focuses on trends in opioid use and opioid related...
Video Profile: Governor Raimondo’s Opioid Overdose Task Force Strategic Plan
Governor Gina Raimondo's Opioid Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force focuses on saving lives and changing the social conditions that cause substance use disorders and keep people with substance use disorders from getting effective support. In this video...
Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2017
Centers for disease Control and Prevention, 2018 Deaths from drug overdose continue to be a public health burden in the United States. This report uses the most recent final mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to update trends in drug...
Counting Lives Instead of Deaths: A Mother’s Story of Overdose, Loss, and Hope | The Partnership
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, August 2018 "My 20-year-old daughter Casey died of an accidental heroin overdose on January 15, 2017. She told me that if something were ever to happen to her, she’d want me to write an honest obituary about her struggles with...
Cannabis Use and Risk of Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in the United States
Olfson et al., 2017 This publication discusses research conducted to determine whether cannabis use is associated with a change in the risk of incident nonmedical prescription opioid use and opioid use disorder at 3-year follow-up.
Little Evidence to Show E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit Real Cigarettes
Catherine Dunn, May 17, 2015 This article discusses e-cigarettes and addresses the suggestion that these devices aid in smoking cessation.
What to do about E-Cigarettes
This article discusses the struggles employers face to fit e-cigarettes into existing smoke-free policies. Click to view the article: http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/print.jhtml?id=534357474