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Wayne State University installs Narcan machines

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December 29, 2023

Wayne State University's Center for Behavioral Health and Justice has installed Narcan vending machines in the university's undergraduate library to combat opioid overdoses, according to a report in The South End, the student newspaper.

Narcan is a brand name for naloxone, a medicine that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.

Matthew Costello, a university social worker and the manager of the center's treatment ecosystem initiative, helped coordinate the installation of the machines.