December 15, 2023 6:58 pm • Last Updated: December 15, 2023 7:48 pm
The city’s first free naloxone dispensary cabinet was erected Thursday on a new pole outside the Taftville Volunteer Fire Department, 134 Providence St.-Route 169. The box shown on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Claire Bessette/The Day
Buy Photo Reprints The inside of the new free public naloxone dispensary cabinet, installed Thursday outside the Taftville Volunteer Fire Department, 134 Providence St.-Route 169. Box is shown on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Claire Bessette/The Day
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Norwich ― A new metal box was installed Thursday outside the Taftville Volunteer Fire Department and was stocked later that day with small boxes, each containing two doses of Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal drug.
The dispensary, which is the size of a large medicine cabinet, was placed between the fire station at 134 Providence St. and the neighborhood basketball court.
It is Norwich’s first free public dispensary for naloxone, the pharmaceutical name for the life-saving nasal spray. The right side of the placard urges people to call 911 for emergencies.
Inside, 13 boxes of Narcan are stacked neatly, and several fentanyl test strips and postcards listing addiction recovery resources are