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It was the second straight year in which the state set a record and the numbers for December are still not complete. Fentanyl drove the high numbers.
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The task force has an extended deadline to get a report to Common Council by April 30, which will be more than a year since the group was created.
Rhode Island seeks spike of drug overdose deaths in 2020 April 14, 2021 GMT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Accidental drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island jumped by 25% in 2020 over the prior year, to their highest level since records have been kept, state health officials said Wednesday. There were 384 accidental overdose deaths last year, most involving opioids, according to the state’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force, which released the final overdose data for the year during a virtual briefing. That was up from 308 in 2019. The previous high was 336 in 2016. The records date ...