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Providence overdose center shows early impact

SAFE SITE: Colleen Daley Ndoye is the executive director of Project Weber/RENEW, which operates an opioid overdose center in Providence, where people are provided with clean equipment to take illicit drugs with medical staff to supervise.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
SAFE SITE: Colleen Daley Ndoye is the executive director of Project Weber/RENEW, which operates an opioid overdose center in Providence, where people are provided with clean equipment to take illicit drugs with medical staff to supervise.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

The sun is peeking through the blinds as the nation’s only state-sanctioned overdose prevention center prepares to welcome the day’s clients. Six stations lining the center’s outer wall have been equipped with mirrors, lamps and needle disposal bins. Here on the third floor of 45 Willard Ave. in Providence, the center is designed to provide

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