Coverage dated September 25, 2024

Old newspaper dispensers deliver Narcan opioid overdose reversal drug instead of news

Headline from CBS 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.

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Reports & sources

9 articles, oldest first.

  1. Local News 8

    Get your Narcan! Old newspaper boxes are being used to distribute overdose reversal drug (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — 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: Nalox…

  2. Kokomo Tribune

    Old newspaper boxes are being used to distribute the overdose reversal drug Narcan (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Kokomo Tribune's feed description

    Old newspaper boxes are being repurposed into containers that distribute Narcan, an emergency treatment to reverse drug overdoses. The boxes have proliferated nationwide since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

  3. CBS News

    Old newspaper dispensers deliver Narcan opioid overdose reversal drug instead of news (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    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.

  4. Washington Times

    Old newspaper boxes are new home for free overdose reversal drug Narcan (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    For decades, Jeff Card's family company was known for manufacturing the once ubiquitous tin boxes where people could buy newspapers on the street.

  5. Los Angeles Times

    Old newspaper boxes are being used to distribute the overdose reversal drug naxolone (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Metal boxes commonly used to sell newspapers are being turned into emergency anti-overdose stations stocked with naxolone and placed in U.S. neighborhoods.

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