Baltimore leaders will be putting naloxone boxes at metro stations in the aftermath of several recent mass overdoses.
Mayor Brandon Scott and other community advocates will meet on Monday morning to place a set of boxes at the Penn North Metro Station, in the neighborhood where there were three mass overdoses within four months.
Baltimore City is partnering with the Maryland Peer Advisory Council (MPAC) and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) for the overdose prevention initiative.
What is naloxone?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), naloxone is a medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose and, in turn, save lives…