RIDOH: Drug overdose deaths plateau in R.I. but still at crisis level

PBN Staff

06/14/2023

DRUG OVERDOSE deaths in Rhode Island plateaued in 2022 but remain at a crisis level, the R.I. Department of Health said on Wednesday.

PROVIDENCE – Drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island remained at a crisis level in 2022 but did slow in the second half of the year, according to data released by the R.I. Department of Health Wednesday. In 2022, 434 Rhode Island residents died of accidental overdose deaths, on par with 2021 when 435 deaths occurred,…