Boxes with Naloxone, also known as Narcan, have been placed at the Evanston Main Library, Robert Crown Community Center, Evanston Ecology Center, Levy Senior Center and Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center in a partnership with the city’s public library and parks and recreation department.
One of several emergency Naloxone boxes in place in public locations across Evanston.
Boxes have been placed at the Evanston Main Library, Robert Crown Community Center, Evanston Ecology Center, Levy Senior Center and Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center in a partnership with the city’s public library and parks and recreation department. Each box contains six kits with two doses of Naloxone, also known as Narcan, to be used in the event of an opioid overdose.The boxes are in well traveled areas and open to the public so they can be reached quickly in the case of an emergency.
The Health and Human Services Department is tracking the data on opioid overdoses to remain on top of the issue. Ogbo credits residents knowledge of the dangers of opioid use to the low number of overdoses compared to other parts of the country, even with the presence of college students at Northwestern University.
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