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Health department will provide Narcan to school district

Opioid-reversal medications will be put in every school in the local district next school year. ....

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Thousands of Narcan dispensed from Forsyth County vending machine

About 300 Narcan kits have been dispensed from the Forsyth County Detention Center lobby location each month. ....

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Christmas for the City event draws a large crowd in Winston-Salem.

The Christmas for the City event attracted hundreds of people Saturday to the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. Organizers planned to accommodate about 4,500 attendees. ....

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Vending machines for anti-overdose drug Narcan gain support

Some local governments and nonprofit organizations are using vending machines to distribute Narcan, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses, in the hope of reducing drug overdose deaths. ....

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Opioid-reversal drug available for free in vending machine placed in jail lobby

People with opioid use disorder are vulnerable to overdose upon release from jail, studies show. Naloxone can save their lives. ....

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