Overdose prevention center supporters point to Rhode Island as a model

NBC Connecticut – Thursday, June 26, 2025
By Mike Savino

Proponents looking to open an overdose prevention center in Connecticut are regrouping after the idea failed this past legislative session.

They’re hoping a facility in Rhode Island can be a model.

“I would describe it as a place where people who are at a risk for overdose can come and be safe from an overdose,” Colleen Daily Ndoye, executive director for Project Weber/RENEW, said.

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