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Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Narcan vending machine opens at convenience store in Midtown Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Twice Daily convenience store in Midtown Nashville has become the first of its kind to provide free opioid overdose reversal medication to the community. In an initiative led by Fund Recovery, a vending machine stocked with Narcan — a brand name of the medication Naloxone — was installed outside the store Tuesday. Man wanted after stabbing wife to death at Madison elementary school, police say The store, located at 1702 West End Avenue, held a ribbon-cutting event to celebrate the project. In early March, the organization installed three Naloxone vending machines in Fentress County. According to Fund Recovery, Nashville was chosen as another ideal location for the machines because of the number of fatal overdoses that occur in Davidson County. 'We are essentially taking Naloxone vending machines in different strategic locations around the country where there is a high rate of overdose deaths and we're partnering with local resources, so here in Metro Nashville, we partner with Metro Department of Public Health as well as the Tennessee REDLINE, so when this medicine is deployed, we have local resources to connect them with,' said Ryan Cain, Fund Recovery board chair. ⏩ Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons attended the ribbon-cutting. He has worked with Fund Recovery to promote Naloxone awareness through the 'Tackle Overdoses Now' campaign. Naloxone vending machines are also available at two Davidson County Sheriff's Office facilities: at the Downtown Detention Center on James Robertson Parkway and its Harding Place facility. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, the Tennessee REDLINE is a FREE service that provides accurate, up-to-date addiction information and referrals to anyone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call 1-800-889-9789 toll-free or visit the Tennessee REDLINE website here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Titans player featured in Naloxone-awareness campaign in Fentress County
FENTRESS COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Professional football player, Jeffery Simmons, will be featured on billboards in Jamestown to raise awareness and destigmatize Naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication. In December 2024, Fund Recovery and REACH installed two Naloxone vending machines, which have already distributed 100 doses of potentially-lifesaving medicine to Fentress County residents. Skeletal remains found in Cumberland County identified as man who went missing in 2022 On Monday, Simmons, defensive lineman for the Tennessee Titans, went to the site of the vending machines to launch the 'Tackle Overdoses Now' campaign. This campaign will involve billboards featuring Simmons in Jamestown Simmons was nominated twice for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. Opioids: What happens in the body The vending machines are located at Manna House Ministries (326 Whiteoak St, Jamestown) and 6521 South York Highway, Jamestown. In 2022, eight people died of drug overdoses involving opioids in Fentress County, the Tennessee Department of Health reported. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
