The machine was installed on December 9, and a sheriff’s office spokesperson said it’s already been used 24 times.
The naloxone being distributed is paid for through a Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program grant and the machine is leased through the same grant funding.
The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office has become the first sheriff’s office in Massachusetts to install a naloxone vending machine, providing the lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication free of charge ...