Rhode Island colleges will be required to stock the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone, known by the brand name ...

Fentanyl is the prime cause of an overdose death rate that has tripled over the last decade. In 2013, there were 3,105 deaths ...

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

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There are already overdose prevention centers in New York City and Providence, Rhode Island. But Burlington, with a population of only 45,000, will become the smallest city in the country to ...

More information: Leah C. Shaw et al, Community Acceptability of the First State-Authorized Overdose Prevention Center in the United States, Journal of Urban Health (2025).

The Rhode Island House of Representatives voted to extend the state-sanctioned overdose prevention center pilot for two more years. A Providence site opened in January and has served 135 distinct ...

Burlington leaders outline next steps for overdose prevention center Vezina said she hopes to have the proposal, which outlines the phases of the project, completed by March 28. Once it's finished ...

At Friday’s hearing, Annajane Yolken, the director of Programs at Project Weber/RENEW, testified about the new overdose prevention center that her organization is operating in Rhode Island.

Domestically, too, there is substantial precedent: Rhode Island opened its first OPC in Providence this January, and in just three weeks, 10% of visits resulted in an overdose reversal; New York ...