The metal boxes, used formerly as newspaper receptacles, house Naloxone free of charge. 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: Naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug.Naloxone distribution containers have been proliferating across the country in the more than a year since the U.S.
The Surprising Second Life Of Those Boxes That Used To Hold Free Newspapers
Associated Press, Fast Company
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 11:21am
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