Old newspaper boxes are being used to distribute the overdose reversal drug Narcan
Old newspaper boxes are being repurposed into containers that distribute Narcan, an emergency treatment to reverse drug overdoses
Communities use old newspaper boxes for Naloxone distribution
Naloxone distribution containers have been proliferating across the country in more than a year since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its sale without a prescription. Naloxone, a nasal spray most commonly known as Narcan, is used as an emergency treatment to reverse drug overdoses.
Old newspaper boxes being used to distribute Narcan
For decades, Jeff Card’s family company was known for manufacturing the once ubiquitous tin boxes where people could buy newspapers on the street. Today, reach into one of his containers and you may find something entirely different and free of charge: Naloxone,
Old newspaper boxes are being used to distribute the overdose reversal drug naxolone
Metal boxes commonly used to sell newspapers are being turned into emergency anti-overdose stations stocked with naxolone and placed in U.S. neighborhoods.
Old newspaper dispensers deliver Narcan overdose reversal drug instead of news
Thirteen states in Appalachia join others in placing free boxes of naloxine in metal dispensers once used for newspapers, as part of Save a Life Day.
Old newspaper boxes are new home for free overdose reversal drug Narcan
For decades, Jeff Card’s family company was known for manufacturing the once ubiquitous tin boxes where people could buy newspapers on the street.
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The overdose reversal drug Narcan is being distributed in old newspaper boxes
Naloxone, a nasal spray most commonly known as Narcan, is used as an emergency treatment to reverse drug overdoses.