Resources

Prescription Drug Overdose

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, April 3rd 2015 Sometimes, the prescription becomes the problem. Each day, 44 people die from prescription opioid overdose. It’s time we all get involved. Challenge assumptions about prescription opioids, and patient...

E-Cigarettes: Behind the Marketing

Scholastic, 2015 You may have noticed that marketing for e-cigarettes seems to be more common than advertising for tobacco cigarettes. That’s because many types of ads for tobacco products are banned, but e-cigarettes don’t yet fall under the same rules. Marketers for...

Roundtable on Obesity Solutions

The Institute of Medicine The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions presents a perspective series about disparities and inequities in physical activity. Within in the larger dialog about the role that physical activity has in the prevention and treatment of overweight and...

Chariho Task Force

Chariho Task Force Youth prevention activities around substance abuse prevention and education.  

Rhode Island Youth Suicide Prevention Project (RIYSPP)

The Rhode Island Youth Suicide Prevention Project (RIYSPP) The Rhode Island Youth Suicide Prevention Project (RIYSPP) is funded by a Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention grant. The grants are awarded to States, Native American tribes and institutions of higher...