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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 ...
The naloxone being distributed is paid for through a Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program grant and the machine is leased through the same grant funding.
The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office has become the first sheriff’s office in Massachusetts to install a naloxone vending machine, ...
It was during a work trip to the San Diego area when Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian realized the full harm ...
The machine was installed on December 9, and a sheriff’s office spokesperson said it’s already been used 24 times.
A recent study published in the Harm Reduction Journal documents the arrival of xylazine to the San Diego-Tijuana border ...
Vending machines stocked with items such as crack pipes, condoms, and naloxone are becoming increasingly prevalent across the ...
A newly-introduced life-saving nasal spray has been used for the first time on a woman suffering a potentially lethal opioid ...
To address this evolving crisis, we must dramatically expand rapid access to treatments for addiction and harm reduction ...
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 ...
Trend tracking and harm reduction policies may help alleviate the high rate of overdose deaths in the US, according to one ...
Walsall Council, in partnership with The Beacon – Change Grow Live, a local drug and alcohol treatment service commissioned by Public Health, has launched a new animation to encourage residents to ...