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Mesa County offering naloxone with kiosks
Mesa County has deployed kiosks that offer free and easy access to naloxone. The first kiosk was placed outside of the Mesa ...
"Our ultimate goal is to save lives and support harm reduction in our community,” MCPH Community Health Planner Chhavi Attri ...
Wisconsin should not use opioid settlement dollars on treatments that don't work such as the higher-dose formulations of the ...
The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office has become the first sheriff’s office in Massachusetts to install a naloxone vending machine, ...
The machine was installed on December 9, and a sheriff’s office spokesperson said it’s already been used 24 times.
Vending machines stocked with items such as crack pipes, condoms, and naloxone are becoming increasingly prevalent across the ...
The City of Pittsfield Health Department has announced that it is now providing free Naloxone (also known as Narcan) kits to ...
ALEXANDRIA — A local committee hopes to aid in the installation of five public outdoor AED cabinets in downtown Alexandria ...
Drug abuse remains a critical public health challenge in the US, with more than 80,000 deaths ascribed to opioid overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Thus, the ...
To address this evolving crisis, we must dramatically expand rapid access to treatments for addiction and harm reduction ...
“Before the kiosk, you could go to the pharmacy and purchase Naloxone. That’s why we are bringing the kiosk in Mesa County, so everybody has free and easy access to Naloxone, and placing it ...
New data from the state’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force shows a drop from the first six months of 2024 compared to the same time in 2023.