Narcan vending machine opens at convenience store in Midtown Nashville

Winnipeg hospital unveils vending machine to help with harm reduction

Winnipeg is about to have the first acute-care hospital in Canada that offers free life-saving products from a vending machine.

Narcan vending machine opens at convenience store in Midtown Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Twice Daily convenience store in Midtown Nashville has become the first of its kind to provide free opioid overdose reversal medication to the community. In an initiative led by Fund Recovery, a vending machine stocked with Narcan — a brand name of the medication Naloxone — was installed outside the store Tuesday. Man wanted after stabbing wife to death at Madison elementary school, police say The store, located…

LINC of Lorain County hands out overdose prevention kits

Local Initiative Networking Compassion of Lorain County recently hosted an overdose prevention pop-up event outside Herrick Memorial Library, 101 Willard Memorial Square in Wellington, distributing free Narcan doses and overdose prevention kits. Related Articles Unions invite Latta to town hall on federal government TrueNorth presents ‘Song of the Shadows’ on Good Friday Lorain County launches new …

Overdose saving kits handed out in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - Opioid-related drug overdoses cause 130 deaths per day in America. Access to an opioid reversal drug has developed as an effective tool to address the opioid crisis. Mahoning County Public Health partnered with BrightView Health Monday to hand out free naloxone kits. It also came with a quick training on how to recognize an overdose and administer the drug. In nearly 40% of overdose deaths, a bystander was present and c…

Wilson County installs naloxone kiosks to fight opioid overdose deaths

By Jaymie Baxley Naloxone is a widely available medication that can bring someone back from the brink of death in minutes, but cost, stigma and other barriers have kept the opioid overdose antidote out of reach for many of the North Carolinians who need it most. In Wilson County, a new initiative aims to break down those barriers by giving residents free, 24/7 access to naloxone — no questions asked. Repurposed newspaper dispensers filled with n…