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Advocates urge CTA to launch stalled Narcan pilot for rail platforms
Summary
Representatives of the Westside Heroin Opioid Task Force told the board the Narcan dispenser pilot for six rail platforms is ready but delayed; CTA staff said leaders are coordinating final steps with county partners and will follow up.
A group of public speakers asked the Chicago Transit Authority Board on May 14 to move immediately to deploy a pilot program that would place Narcan (naloxone) dispensers on rail platforms.
Sheila Henneke, representing the Westside Heroin Opioid Task Force, told the board the pilot advanced through CTA channels and was close to final interagency agreements with Cook County Health roughly 90 days before the May meeting. Henneke said Cook County’s Office of Behavioral Health had agreed to fund and manage six dispensers across four lines (blue, red, green and pink)…
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