LGBTQ Drug Rehab in Rhode Island

Treatment rules and programs in Rhode Island

Who oversees treatment

Rhode Island's Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) is the single state agency for substance use disorder treatment and prevention.

Prescription monitoring

The Rhode Island Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is administered by the Department of Health. It collects data on dispensed Schedule II-V medications.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

Rhode Island's Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act of 2016 (Chapter 21-28.9) protects people who give an opioid antagonist to someone they believe is overdosing, acting in good faith with reasonable care, from civil and criminal liability.

Featured drug treatment programs in Rhode Island

Being able to be yourself in treatment

Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.

See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.

How drug rehab works

Drug rehab usually starts with an assessment and detox if needed, then moves into residential or intensive outpatient therapy. For opioid use disorder, medications such as buprenorphine, methadone or naltrexone are the standard of care. For meth and cocaine, there's no approved medication, so behavioral therapies like contingency management do most of the work.

The programs on this page report drug detox or medication treatment along with an LGBTQ program or group.

LGBTQ Drug Rehab by city in Rhode Island

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• Providence
• Cranston
• Warwick
• Pawtucket
• East Providence
• Woonsocket
• Newport
• Central Falls
• Newport East
• Valley Falls

Using your insurance

Before you call a program, have your insurance card ready and ask three things: is the program in network, does this level of care need prior authorization, and what will you owe after the deductible. Our insurance guides walk through major carriers.

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