RI Senate Panel OKs Mental-Health Parity Legislation – the Providence Journal

RI Senate panel OKs mental-health parity legislation – The Providence Journal

RI Senate panel OKs mental-health parity legislation
The Providence Journal
The bill (S-2801) started as an effort to require insurers to cover medications that help people recover from addictions, such as methadone and Suboxone. But it was recrafted to avoid running afoul of restrictions on new mandated benefits in the

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Action needed on risk of child deaths from opiate substitutes, says charity – Communitycare.co.uk

Action needed on risk of child deaths from opiate substitutes, says charity
Communitycare.co.uk
A report by the substance misuse charity says that between 2003 and 2013 there were 20 serious case reviews that involved children taking medicines like methadone and buprenorphine that had been prescribed to help treat parents who were using heroin or

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IMPD investigates missing pain patches from health care center – Fox 59

IMPD investigates missing pain patches from health care center
Fox 59
In 2010 the statistic jumped to 14.4 per 100,000. “You cannot beat the opiate addiction,” said Kidd. “You cannot recover from the opiate addiction. You have to learn to control the opiate addiction.” Kidd, who lost two relatives to methadone overdoses

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Drug prevention walk remembers Marion teenager – Marion Star

Drug prevention walk remembers Marion teenager
Marion Star
… the memory of a teen who died of a methadone overdose. The fourth year of Kim's Walk for Drug Prevention, a charity event to promote overdose awareness and raise money for addiction recovery, will be Saturday. The walk is named after Kimberly Hamm, …

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