No Matter Why You Use

About this episode

This episode discusses a new campaign aimed at preventing drug overdose deaths among middle-aged and older Rhode Islanders.

While much of the national conversation about overdose focuses on younger populations, a new campaign spearheaded by our state health and behavioral health agencies aims to prevent drug overdose deaths among middle-aged and older Rhode Islanders. In this episode, Steven Boudreau, director of equity and engagement and the public information officer at the Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging and Linda Mahoney, associate director for the RI Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Dis...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Philip Chan

Guests: Steven Boudreau, Linda Mahoney

Topics covered

• drug overdose prevention
• middle-aged health
• public health campaign
• aging population
• substance use

Keywords

• overdose
• Rhode Island
• public health
• substance use
• aging
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging, RI Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

Places: Rhode Island

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