Some local governments and nonprofit organizations are using vending machines to distribute Narcan, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses, in the hope of reducing drug overdose deaths.
Vending machines with the lifesaving medication are being placed in cities across the country, including Philadelphia and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at detention centers, malls, college campuses, and other public areas to hand out to community members to use in emergencies.
Last year, drug overdose deaths surpassed 108,000, a record high, with 75% involving at least one opioid, fueled largely by the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl. "We actually had an EMS call recently where there was an overdose happening about a block or two down the street from our jail," said Amanda Clark, a lead for the Forsyth Regional Opioid and Substance Use Team at the Forsyth County Department of Public Health."The person who called 911 remembered that there was that Narcan machine at the jail.
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