EVANSTON (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Evanston has installed boxes around the city containing the anti-opioid overdose drug Naloxone.
The city placed the so-called “Emergency Overdose Boxes” in five locations: the Main Library, Robert Crown Community Center, Evanston Ecology Center, Levy Senior Center and Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center.
Each contains two doses of Naloxone, along with instructions.
“While Evanston is not currently facing an opioid epidemic, instances of opioid-related hospitalizations and overdoses exist within the community,” the city said in a statement.
City health officials noted over the past 19 months there have been 174 opioid overdose-related emergency room visits by Evanston residents.
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