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Providence spent $1.1M in opioid settlement funds in 2025, report finds

Government 09/01/2026

PROVIDENCE – The city spent about $1.12 million in opioid settlement funds in 2025, supporting 14 community-based projects that reached more than 3,000 people...

HERE TO HELP: Annajane Yolken, center liaison and director of strategy, at Project Weber/RENEW’s overdose prevention center in Providence, which has been open for a year. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

First-year data signals success at harm reduction center

Health Matters 02/27/2026

When Rhode Island became the first state in the U.S. to authorize a government-regulated overdose prevention center in 2021, the novel nature of the...

ONE OF A KIND: This overdose prevention center on Willard Avenue in Providence will be the first state-regulated facility of its kind in the country when it opens later this year.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence to host nation’s first state-regulated overdose prevention center

Focus 04/12/2024

The first-ever state-regulated overdose prevention center in the country is on track to open later this year at 45 Willard Ave. in Providence. An overdose...

First R.I. overdose prevention center slated for 2024 opening

Health Services 04/20/2023

PROVIDENCE – Almost two years after Rhode Island became the first state in the country to legalize overdose prevention centers, plans to establish the...

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