Policymakers in Rhode Island and in other states are looking at peer recovery coaches as a way to combat the nation’s burgeoning opioid epidemic, reports Kaiser Health News. Here are three things to ...

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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Dustin French, 29, had four drug overdoses in the span of a year. "I was dead on arrival to the hospital," he said of his last heroin overdose, which happened in April. "I woke up … ...

In a first, a Durango nonprofit is bringing a peer-based recovery support program to La Plata County with a focus on the unhoused and supportive housing communities. Community Compassion Outreach’s ...

The Blue Water Recovery and Outreach Center (BWROC) has grown into a major peer-led recovery organization in St. Clair County. BWROC's staff all have lived experience with addiction, which shapes ...