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Opioid settlement funds eyed for additional Narcan vending machine and disposal boxes
Summary
Supervisors heard an update that opioid settlement committee members set aside funds for an additional Narcan vending machine and maintain disposal boxes in several towns; public health purchases Narcan dispensed from vending machines due to dispensing rules.
Board members were briefed on opioid settlement committee activity and harm-reduction measures including Narcan vending machines and disposal boxes. The committee set aside funds for an additional vending machine to be placed in the county, and noted secure disposal boxes are already in Winthrop, Fairbank and Independence.
"The Narcan that is provided ... [is] purchased by our public health department because the state Narcan can only be dispensed in the office with the appropriate training," a supervisor explained while describing two distribution streams: state-provided Narcan requiring in-office dispensing and vending-machine Narcan that can be distributed without the same training requirement.
Officials said vending machines require additional staffing and inventory management; settlement funds, not county general funds, will cover vending-machine purchases and stocking so there is no direct cost to users.
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