Rhode Island had more than 400 overdose deaths in 2021 and ... “This overdose prevention center is a pivotal element in the state’s comprehensive efforts to combat this crisis,” Executive ...

In 2021, Gov. Dan McKee signed a law that opened the door to opening an overdose prevention center in Rhode Island, pending local approval. In February 2024, the Providence City Council passed a ...

Proponents looking to open an overdose prevention center in Connecticut are regrouping after the idea failed this past ...

In Nov. 2021, the first U.S. center opened in New York City. But in nearby Philadelphia, plans for a center were blocked due to a legal battle with the U.S. Department of Justice, which said the site ...

Addressing doubts. A common theme of the afternoon was addressing the concerns that many people have voiced since 2021, when Rhode Island lawmakers approved a law to establish overdose prevention ...

(WJAR) — Two Rhode Island nonprofits are making progress in creating the country's first state-regulated overdose prevention center, to help in the fight against opioid abuse. A new site will be ...

More than two years ago, Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to authorize overdose prevention centers, facilities where people would be allowed to use illicit drugs under ...

The quarter of a million dollars allocated to the City’s Overdose Prevention Center will be used by Project Weber/RENEW — Rhode Island's largest center for harm reduction and recovery services — to ...

The first state-regulated overdose prevention center will be next to the Rhode Island Hospital campus. RI's first overdose prevention site has a location. Here's what to know.

SPARLNG: Rhode Island approved this kind of facility, called a supervised consumption site or overdose prevention center, a few years ago. And now the nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW is almost ready ...