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Tacoma library to offer free Narcan vending machine

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February 3, 2023

The Tacoma Public Library will install a vending machine with free Narcan this month, courtesy of the Tacoma Needle Exchange and the Dave Purchase Project, according to a kiro7.com report.

The library has made Narcan, a brand name for naloxone, available to the staff since 2018 and has trained staff to administer naloxone.

The naxolone, a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, is provided by the Tacoma Needle Exchange.

Free naloxone is also available at the needle exchange, at any Washington state pharmacy and at other naloxone vending machines in Pierce County.