Doctors are often on the front lines of the opioid addiction and overdose epidemic. They prescribe painkillers that can be addictive for some, and they treat people who have become addicted. But not every prescriber gets the training he or she needs to handle these medical situations.
For this week’s The Pulse, Rhode Island Public Radio’s Kristin Gourlay talks the American Medical Association’s Patrice Harris and Rhode Island’s Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals about a new partnership aimed at providing doctors more resources.