Tag: overdoses
RIDOH issues second statewide overdose spike alert of 2026
PROVIDENCE – Sixty-one people throughout Rhode Island were treated for nonfatal overdoses in Ocean State emergency departments in early May, prompting the R.I. Department of...
RIDOH extends overdose spike alert statewide
PROVIDENCE – An increase in nonfatal overdoses throughout Rhode Island has prompted the R.I. Department of Health to issue a statewide overdose spike alert for the...
Universities stocking naloxone on campus to prevent overdoses
Amid routine preparations for the school year ahead, this past summer resident assistants at universities across Rhode Island received new training on how to...
Providence awarded $2.3M for opioid prevention project
PROVIDENCE – The city has been awarded a $2.3 million federal grant to continue its opioid prevention efforts, Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced Thursday.
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Brown launches resource to educate public about overdose prevention centers
PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island is gearing up to open the country’s first state-authorized overdose prevention center, and with two publicly recognized programs in...
RIDOH launches enhanced, daily overdose surveillance system
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has activated an enhanced system to track nonfatal overdoses throughout the state daily and to alert community...
Communities create ‘Safe Stations’ in effort to reduce overdose deaths
Rhode Islanders who are struggling with substance abuse now have places they can go to get immediate attention and support, after fire departments and...
Hammer, nails… Narcan: Construction training aims to ease opioid crisis
As an industry, construction has been beset by the national opioid epidemic. In Rhode Island, a report by public-health officials found that about 20%...
Municipalities aim to prevent and respond to overdoses
PROVIDENCE – Thirty-four Rhode Island municipalities have developed plans meant to prevent and respond to overdoses at a local level, state officials say.
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