First US State-Sanctioned Overdose Prevention Site to Open in Rhode Island

First US state-sanctioned overdose prevention site to open in Rhode Island

On Tuesday, the ribbons were cut on America's first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC).

The US’s First State-Sanctioned Safe Drug Consumption Site Prepares To Open In Rhode Island

On Tuesday afternoon, organizers cut the ribbon on the first state-sanctioned safe consumption site for illegal drugs in the United States. The facility—located in Providence, Rhode Island—stems from a 2021 bill creating a pilot program for overdose prevention centers (OPCs) in the state. Operated by the nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW in partnership with addiction care provider VICTA, the new facility is expected to begin offering supervised drug…

Rhode Island opens nation's first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center

The facility in Providence will allow people to use illegal drugs with medical supervision. Supporters say supervised-use prevents fatal overdoses and connects users to help.

Ribbon cutting held for country's first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center in Providence

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A ribbon cutting was held Tuesday for both Rhode Island’s and the United State’s first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center. The center on Willard Avenue in Providence will allow addicts to use drugs in a safe space, providing injection sites and smoking rooms. “The idea is that people are coming here and they are doing what they would be doing behind a dumpster, in an abandoned building, places where there is no…

East Coast Charity to Open a Safer Substance Use Facility in Providence - Real News Now

An East Coast charity, the Rhode Island based nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW, is preparing to open the doors of an officially sanctioned location promoting safer substance use. This will mark the nonprofit as the second of its kind in the United States, and also the first outside of the boundaries of New York City. An inauguration ceremony for the new Providence facility is scheduled for December 10, contingent on the final approval of necessary …

Rhode Island set to open first supervised consumption site for illicit drugs outside NYC

A nonprofit’s supervised-use site, only the second such in the U.S., faces an uncertain future under the Trump administration.