Tag: Narcan
R.I. gets $11.56M in federal funding for opioid response efforts
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been awarded $11.56 million in federal funding to help save lives and better connect residents struggling with opioid use...
Narcan sold in stores seen as pivotal in R.I. drug crisis
East Providence Fire Department Capt. John Potvin has seen the lifesaving effects of naloxone in action dozens of times throughout his more than 30...
Westerly Hospital hosting free community health fair on Sept. 30
WESTERLY – Westerly Hospital is inviting the public to the hospital campus on Sept. 30 for a free community health fair that will include...
Communities create ‘Safe Stations’ in effort to reduce overdose deaths
Rhode Islanders who are struggling with substance abuse now have places they can go to get immediate attention and support, after fire departments and...
R.I. Foundation gifts $250K to URI for purchase and distribution of...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is gifting a $250,000 grant to the University of Rhode Island to purchase roughly 3,000 Narcan kits for...
Online treatment options keep AdCare accessible to patients during pandemic
PBN 2021 Fastest Growing Companies Awards
$5 million – $25 million: 1. AdCare Rhode Island Inc.
CEO (or equivalent): Fred A. Trapassi Jr.
2020 Revenue: $10.7 million
2018...
Five Questions With: Holly Fitting
Holly Fitting, vice president of addiction, recovery, residential services and grants administration at The Providence Center’s Anchor Recovery Community Center, was part of a...
Hammer, nails… Narcan: Construction training aims to ease opioid crisis
As an industry, construction has been beset by the national opioid epidemic. In Rhode Island, a report by public-health officials found that about 20%...