There has been a rise in the prescription of anxiety medications and other sedative hypnotic needs. In 2014 and 15 in rhode island, 33 of those receiving opioid prescriptions were coprescribed benzodiazapines. This is a tremendous, tremendous deadly combination and has been a significant variable in the increase in opioid Overdose Deaths in rhode island and the statistics show nationally. So along with fentanyl, we need to look at the coprescription of benzodiazapine. Other strategies for the prevention of initiation include but are not limited to patient education and the use and storage of medication, family education, continued Public Health education venues and peer recovery resources. Treatment within a recovery oriented system of care individualized for the patient that is easily accessible can prevent the progression of the disease and the possibility of overdose. And i can skip here. Im quoting directly here from the rhode island governors Overdose Prevention and Intervention T
When the economy goes into recession, some of these programs they are like 1. 75 benefit for every 1 we spend on s. N. A. P. So to block grant this, we are automatical automatically cutting gdp. I dont have much time. Mr. Chairman, i just want to say you dont have any time. Im talking to you now. Im not asking any more questions. The gentle ladys time has expired. Okay. We will now hear from the gentleman from South Carolina for five minutes. I was asking about the process. I think, chairman, a couple observations and a question. One, i was struck by my colleagues conversation from new jersey on Social Security and raising the payroll tax. As we all know, there are unintended consequences and politics is ultimately what drives washington, d. C. As we remember, you know, Social Security was put in place as a social insurance program. If you lift the caps, you really move it to a social Welfare Program. People like to link it between i pay in, therefore i get more over the years. If you
The chp says their officers and caltrans crews will have to begin shutting down highway 101 well before that. Well have caltrans start the closure at 9 00. So the closure wont be in effect 10 00 p. M. , the entire closure. That doesnt mean there still wont be imeffect traffic prior to that time. Reporter anyone headed to or from the airport or the city needs to come up with alternate routes and surface streets may not be the best option. They got pretty congested during the first shutdown this weekend. Now you may notice that theres not a whole lot of work going on here right now. Thats because pg e crews took a break this afternoon around 1 30. Theyre going to be returning here about 8 00, so they can all be ready when work starts at 10 00. Reporting live, abc7 news. And for help getting around traffic problems get waze on your smart phone. You can download waze and join the abc7 group for free. Right now highway 116 near gush veil is closed. A large redwood tree fell across the roadw
With live, breaking news. Good evening. Thanks for being with us. We begin with breaking news tonight. Two planes have collided at Oakland International airport. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim is live with breaking details. Lilian . Chris, from what we are hearing a southwest plane was leaving the gate when another southwest plane was coming in. We have a photo of the damage. A passenger took a picture of the clipped wing. He was leaving for John Wayne Airport in Orange County. It was a 9 05 flight. The plane was backing out when it hit another plane taxiing in to the you adjacent gate of the passengers were complaining of whiplash and neck pain. We talked to one man who saw it from his window seat. We were backing out and 10 seconds from the gate and heard a loud popping noise and basically a jolt. Once that occurred we looked out and saw a chunk of the wing tip on the right side coming up. Both planes clipped each other because the movement wasnt natural. We looked at each other and t
Series. This is Youtube Video of the film. He signed a Television Deal and working on a graphic novel series. His family says he was sure rounded by love and in the presence of family members at the time of his death. Hes survived by his wife, son, daughter and three grandchildren. Our other top story tonight happening now. Police are getting ready to shut down highway 101 for the entear night. Its a temporary fix for fridays tower collapse. Northbound lanes will close between burling game from 10 00 tonight until 4 00 tomorrow morning. Southbound lanes will be closed to popular avenue in san mateo. Live from a big allnight job ahead sergio. Reporter yeah,i isis ists o start in about an hour. Drivers should be seeing cal trans crews and officers begin shutting down highway 101. I want to show you what pg and e crews will be doing overnight. This is a sixfoot long section of one of the cables that actually came down onto the freeway on friday night. Crews are going to be replacing six d