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Cars form funeral procession to candlelight vigil to remember record 400 lost to overdose in 2020 Donita Naylor, The Providence Journal Funeral procession brings attention to overdose rise Replay Video UP NEXT PROVIDENCE Doctors in white coats carried five caskets from hearses to the grass of the field next to the Providence Amtrak Station Sunday. It did not make sense, doctors carrying caskets. A great deal doesn’t make sense in the epidemic of fatal overdoses, which in Rhode Island in 2020 set a record, with at least 400 people dying from overdoses statewide. Several groups collaborated to stage a funeral procession and candlelight vigil in Providence Sunday afternoon to bring attention to a problem that, as signs declared, is 100% preventable. ....
PROVIDENCE Doctors in white coats carried five caskets from hearses to the grass of the field next to the Providence Amtrak Station Sunday. It did not make sense, doctors carrying caskets. A great deal doesn’t make sense in the epidemic of fatal overdoses, which in Rhode Island in 2020 set a record, with at least 400 people dying from overdoses statewide. Several groups collaborated to stage a funeral procession and candlelight vigil in Providence Sunday afternoon to bring attention to a problem that, as signs declared, is 100% preventable. And yet, 400 people in Rhode Island died of drug overdoses last year. Another sign at the gathering of about 80 people who lead or are helped by various recovery programs said: “Attention! This is an emergency!” ....