Health Department to make opioid-overdose supplies more available
“The numbers of fatal and non-fatal overdoses are much too high in Shelby County,” said Dr. Michelle Taylor, Health Department director. (Greg Campbell/The Daily Memphian file)
The vending machine, a pilot project, is part of a larger effort to increase access to harm-reduction supplies across Shelby County, which recorded 910 suspected opioid overdose-related deaths in the last two years.
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