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New River Health District outlines harm-reduction outreach, reports 183 overdose reversals
Summary
Dr. Noelle Bissell told Montgomery County supervisors the New River Health District’s RISE Above harm-reduction program has enrolled clients since Jan. 14, recorded 183 overdose reversals, nearly 350 naloxone doses used and five participant deaths; she also reviewed tick-borne disease, radon risks, and seasonal respiratory trends.
Dr. Noelle Bissell, representing the New River Health District, briefed the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors on the district’s harm-reduction and public-health work, stressing nonjudgmental outreach and connections to treatment.
"RISE Above is our substance use and harm reduction program," Bissell said, describing services funded through the regional recovery-ecosystem opioid-abatement grant. She said the program provides education, outreach, wound care kits, hygiene kits, naloxone,…
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