Denver to Install Naloxone Vending Machines at Police Stations to Combat Overdose Crisis

Denver to install naloxone vending machines at police stations to combat overdose crisis

DENVER (KDVR) — A new tool in the fight against Colorado’s overdose crisis is being installed outside three Denver Police Department locations. The city is partnering with The Naloxone Project and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to launch harm reduction vending machines that dispense free naloxone kits. Naloxone is a fast-acting medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. Arrest made in Littleton elder financial fraud case The f…

SFU installs naloxone cabinets around all campuses

By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer On March 11, SFU announced that naloxone kit cabinets are now available across the Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver campuses. Naloxone is a medication that works within two minutes to “temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, also called an opioid poisoning.” These cabinets have been installed near emergency phones and/or Automatic External Defibrillator locations, including instructions on how to…