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Health Department provides county its first Narcan vending machines

New vending machines offering free doses of naloxone (Narcan) -the medication to reverse opioid overdoses- alongside other public health and wellness resources have been placed at three area locations with funds from a grant through the Washington County Health Department.

The “Overdose Data-to-Action” grant through the Maryland Department of Health provided the opportunity for the health department to place one machine outside of the entrance to the behavioral health services offices at 925 N. Burhans…