Overdose prevention centers (OPCs) save lives by preventing overdose deaths. Trained professionals are on-site to immediately intervene at the earliest signs of overdose. They bring people off the streets and into settings where care is accessible, diverting public drug use. OPCs are a pathway to recovery, connecting people to substance use disorder treatment and critical health and social services. They are endorsed by American medical and public health associations, prosecutors and law enforcement officials, and parents who have lost their children to overdose.
For more research about overdose prevention centers, visit opcinfo.org. (This resource is a project of the People, Place, and Health Collective at the School of Public Health at Brown University.)
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