Get your lighters and your Pearl Jam band tee shirts, we're talking about the wonderful world of weed. Jen and Moira are joined by cannabis advocate...
In this week's episode, Moira and Jen are joined by the House Minority leader, Blake Fillipi, and they try to find common ground with Rhode Island's...
“We know, based on decades of criminal justice based drug policy, that harsher penalties do not decrease drug using activity. So, this bill’s disturbing message will...
The state Senate Finance and Judiciary committees will hold a joint hearing today on Article 20 of Governor Gina Raimondo’s proposed budget, which features a plan...
The House District 68 Democratic Primary Candidate Forum held on January 28, 2019 was generally comprised of the usual questions, with each candidate providing a snapshot...
Recovery, medical, and public health advocates started the Substance Abuse and Overdose Prevention Political Action Committee (SAOP PAC). The PAC focuses on public health and criminal...
About two dozen people gathered in the rotunda of the Rhode Island State House to protest the governor’s signing of Kristen’s Law. The governor has committed...
As she was entering the hotel to deliver the keynote at the Second Annual Community Overdose Engagement Summit in Warwick, I asked Governor Gina Raimondo if...
Last week, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed H7715, also known as Kristen’s Law, introduced by House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston). Kristen’s...
Violating the tenets of both reason and compassion, the Rhode Island House of Representatives approved Kristen’s Law on Thursday, a bill sponsored by Speaker Nicholas Mattiello...