The Sun, Lowell, Mass.
BILLERICA, Mass. — It has been one year since the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office installed a naloxone vending machine at the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction, and officials said the machine has been used dozens of times.
The unconventional vending machine was installed in December 2024 to provide free naloxone kits with two doses each to people visiting and working at the facility. Naloxone, commonly known by the brand name Narcan, is an overdose-reversal medication that can stop a possibly fatal opioid drug overdose…