Picture of an epidemic: Three years of fatal overdoses in Providence

In spite of a crackdown on prescription opioids that began during the Obama administration and ramped up during the Trump administration, the U.S. saw a record number of opioid-related fatalities during the pandemic. Providence was not immune.

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