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Advocate urges Daytona leaders to place Narcan vending machines after personal loss
Summary
A local advocate whose son died of an overdose described a program to distribute free Narcan via vending machines and manual boxes, urged the city to help site machines near city hall and public pathways, and said Volusia Recovery Alliance is already distributing boxes at events.
Jean Bailey, who leads a nonprofit called Advocating for Others, told the redevelopment board she is campaigning to place Narcan vending machines and manual dispensing boxes in public locations after her son died of a drug overdose on the boardwalk. She said she has placed manual machines and partnered with Volusia Recovery Alliance to distribute Narcan at events and in several municipalities.
Bailey said the boxes contain Narcan and…
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