Full Article by Ashley Perham | Charleston Gazette-Mail
In the year that the free naloxone vending machine has been up at Charleston’s Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 300 boxes — containing 600 doses of the overdose-reversing drug — have been distributed.
The vending machine, a recycled newspaper dispenser, was launched by SOAR WV, an overdose prevention group. It contains naloxone (often in the Narcan brand), fentanyl test strips and Plan B. The group has plans to place similar boxes throughout the rest of the city and the nation.
