NH DHHS Announces Initiative to Place Hundreds of Overdose Reversal Kits in all NH Counties

CONCORD — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the State’s substance misuse prevention partners, announces plans to distribute more than 700 “NaloxBoxes” in various public locations in all ten New Hampshire counties. This statewide, coordinated effort is the first of its kind in the United States. A NaloxBox is a hard acrylic box mounted to an exterior wall that provides 24/7 access to naloxone, a medication approved to reverse overdose by opioids by blocking their toxic effects. Naloxone is administered when a person is...