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Speaker 1: Somerville Police tell me there are five overdoses, three of

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Speaker 1: which were fatal, from this weekend that officers are investigating.

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Speaker 2: It's really been a community effort, working with a lot

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Speaker 2: of our city partners to make sure that they're aware

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Speaker 2: that this happened over the weekend, and we've been increasing

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Speaker 2: our in narcan distribution and just awareness about this meantime.

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Speaker 1: Tina Los, Somerville's Director of Prevention Services, says there's two

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Speaker 1: sites where residents can get narcan, a drug that can

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Speaker 1: reverse overdoses. There's one at the West Branch Library and

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Speaker 1: East Somerville in front of the city's Project Soup location.

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Speaker 2: The city also offers trainings on how to recognize an

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Speaker 2: overdose and how to respond, and so we offer those

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Speaker 2: virtually and in person. The virtual trainings happen monthly on

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Speaker 2: the first Tuesday of the month, and you can also

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Speaker 2: reach out to our office to schedule and in person training.

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Speaker 1: On Winter Hill. Jay Willette WBZ, Boston's news radio