Close Menu
    Interesting

    This old newspaper box converted to free overdose kits in neighborhood

    Share.
    View 29 Comments

    29 Comments

    3. squirl_centurion on

      It’s in boxes it’s not exposed to direct sun.

      We have no idea when this picture was taken other than “sunny.” This box is located in Santa Cruz California (according to the sticker at the bottom) and currently it’s like mid 60s. That box also has way more shade and would not get nearly as hot as a car interior. Furthermore slightly degraded from heat naloxone is better than no naloxone.

    7. chambourcin on

      Anyone in this thread who thinks Narcan encourages people to use is fully out of touch. No one wants to be Narcan’d. Opiod deaths are down in lots of places. Harm reduction saves lives.

    8. Sbatio on

      We have 2 kits in my house like having fire extinguishers stop fires you don’t have, we are ready for ODs we don’t expect to have.

      Lots of places to get them for free but also easy to buy.

    10. frenchtoastwizard on

      If you live in a neighborhood that is having so many overdoses it needs a narcan box on the street corner, you’re living in the wrong neighborhood bud

    11. imaginechi_reborn on

      That is a great harm-reduction method to dealing with addiction in communities

    12. Acrobatic_Quarter465 on

      W comment section for downvoting the cruel morons who have no understanding of this

    13. Temporary-Boot-2247 on

      nice, this lets me know it’s safer to do drugs around town, full steam ahead baby!

    15. Thel_Vadem on

      Holy shit so many people are so pissed off about this. As someone whose girlfriend has survived an overdose and since gotten clean, I’m happy whenever I see these. Would it be better if they weren’t needed? Sure. It would also be better if fire extinguishers and defibrillators weren’t needed too, but that just isn’t the reality

    18. jabbo99 on

      Nothing says “Buy me” like homes in neighborhoods with the turquoise free Narcan dispersers.

    19. catboytoymalewife on

      my sister passed from an overdose and i wish someone had been around to give her this. we will never stop drug use, but we can reduce harm.

    20. ResurgentClusterfuck on

      That stuff saves lives and is easy to administer

      Warning: it sends the overdose victim into rather unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Sometimes this will make the victim act out, sometimes to the point of violence, so if you feel you cannot potentially deal with that then save this lifesaving med for someone who can

    21. DeerAndBeer on

      Saying this is effectively helping the drug problem, is like saying little boxes like this filled with tourniquets is helping gun violence.

      Both boxes ignore the underlying mental health issues. Why not spend money fixing that…

    22. 8bitstargazer on

      Imagine showing this to someone 30 years ago.

      “In the future we don’t have newspapers. We got rid of those antiquated things and turned all those into drug overdose boxes because that’s much more common.”

    25. Bigsmalltallall on

      Let them narcan themselves so they can buy more and get high tomorrow.

    28. slayer_f-150 on

      Sad state of affairs when you have to have “free overdose kits” in your neighborhood.

      Like this is fucking normal.

    Leave A Reply