Division of Campus Life
BWell Health Promotion
Overdose Education and Prevention Training
Get Trained and Receive Naloxone
Training, naloxone and other harm reduction tools are available for free throughout Rhode Island.
BWell's Overdose Education & Prevention Training provides participants the knowledge and skills needed to recognize an opioid overdose, administer naloxone and use fentanyl test strips. Participants also learn about opiod tolerance, facts about opiod use and oversdose in Rhode Island, skills to reduce stigma and will receive an opioid overdose prevention kit that includes naloxone and fentanyl test strips.
Trainings are free, typically held twice a month and are announced on Today@Brown. Brown students, staff and faculty are welcome to attend. Anyone with a Brown email address can register.
Register for BWell Training
Prevent Overdose Rhode Island (PONI) provides information on where to get fentanyl strips, naloxone, or access a harm reduction site in Rhode Island.
visit poni website
The Community First Responder Program (CFRP) provides essential education and access to opioid antagonists. Learn how to reverse an overdose by becoming a Community First Responder with a ten-minute certification module and receive free Narcan.
Visit cfrp website
Learn More About Harm Reduction
Harm reduction is a public health strategy grounded in justice and human rights to decrease the adverse effects of drug and alcohol consumption.