Dallas-area team rolls out smaller Narcan vending machines for more access to medication, education

A North Texas-based team behind the area’s first Narcan vending machines is rolling out a new set of smaller, 3-D printed dispensers amid expanding access to the lifesaving overdose medication.

The project began with Anthony Delabano, co-founder of the nonprofit Conscious Conduit, and Cynthia Pursley, President of LIVEGY, the nonprofit providing opioid addiction assistance.

The first large-scale Narcan vending machines installed in North Texas before expanding to 33 machines across other states including New Mexico, Louisiana, North Carolina and Arkansas.

Over the program’s lifetime, Delabano and Pursley say they learned that the first generation of larger scale machines have been effective but are harder to fit into smaller spaces.

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