Denver Health unveiled a no-cost naloxone vending machine on its hospital campus on Monday. The vending machine distributes the life-saving drug naloxone, otherwise known as Narcan, free of charge. It's available to the community through the National Institute of Drug Abuse's VEnding machine Naloxone Distribution in Your community, or VENDY, program. "We really engaged our community members with substance use experience to help us build this program.
Main Idea: Denver Health has added a free naloxone vending machine on its hospital campus to give the community easier access to the overdose-reversal drug.
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Denver Health's free naloxone machine could help more people reverse overdoses fast, and the National Institute of Drug Abuse program may make this life-saving drug easier to reach for families and communities.
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