Providence is now home to the country’s first state-sanctioned facility for people to use illegal drugs under medical supervision. The nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW on Tuesday held a ribbon-cutting to celebrate a years-long effort to bring an overdose prevention center to the Ocean State. Advocates hope that the new facility will lead to fewer overdose-related deaths […]
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An Overdose Prevention Center is coming to Providence. Here’s what the research says about their effectiveness
In an effort to reduce fatal drug overdoses, Providence nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW is planning to cut the ribbon on Tuesday to a new facility at which people will be able to use drugs under medical supervision. When it opens to clients, the “Overdose Prevention Center,” or OPC, will be the first in the U.S. to […]
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He uses drugs. So what will Providence’s Overdose Prevention Center mean for him?
Jason first started using fentanyl a few years ago, when the pandemic threw his life off balance. By now, he’s used to hiding his drug use. “You duck into, like, an alley, or behind a car or somewhere where no one’s going to see you,” he said. The Public’s Radio is only using Jason’s first […]
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Instead of sodas, these vending machines offer needles and Narcan to fight overdoses
Groups trying to reduce overdose deaths and the spread of infectious diseases are using vending machines to get clean needles, pipes, wound care kits, Narcan and other safety supplies to drug users.
