Tag: overdose
Only few overdose incidents require police involvement, new Brown study finds
PROVIDENCE – Most overdose incidents do not involve safety concerns or require the intervention of law enforcement, a new Brown University study shows.
Police officers...
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 Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott
5Q: Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott | Director, R.I. Department of Health
1. What do residents who live in a state-designated “health equity zone” get that...
State making strides curbing opioid abuse
A 9 percent decline in opioid-overdose deaths during the first eight months of 2017 compared with the same period the previous year shows Rhode...
R.I. reports 9% drop in overdose deaths from January – August...
PROVIDENCE — As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report showing the 2016 national number of overdose deaths at 63,600, 21...