Ke lawe nei ʻo Atlantic Canadian med-tech ʻo Dispension Industries Inc. i kāna ʻenehana hoʻopakele ola i nā alanui o Philadelphia, ma kahi kaiāulu kahi e piʻi koke ai nā make pili i ka opioid. Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei nā kiosks locker akamai o Dispension e hāʻawi i ke komo ʻana i ka Narcan, kahi hōʻailona o Naloxone, he lāʻau ola ola e hoʻohuli koke i nā hopena o ka overdose opioid.
ʻO ka papahana i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Narcan Near Me', he ʻāpana ia o ka Philadelphia Department of Public Health's harm reduction and overdose program, e hāʻawi ana i nā pahu Narcan manuahi a puni ke kūlanakauhale. Loaʻa i nā kiosk locker akamai he 22 overdose pale kits, hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ma ke kaomi ʻana i ka pale paʻi ma ke alo o ka hāmeʻa. Inā pilikia, hiki i ke kiosk ke hoʻopili pololei i 911.
"Ua nalowale mākou he nui loa nā Philadelphians i ka pilikia overdose," wahi a ka Luna Nui ʻo Philadelphia ʻo Jim Kenney. “ʻO ia ke kumu e hoʻāʻo nei mākou i nā manaʻo hou a me nā manaʻo hou e kōkua i ka hoʻopakele ola. ʻO ka Narcan Near Me Towers mai Dispension, Inc. ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka pane wiwo ʻole e pono ai mākou. Me kēia mau hale kiaʻi, hiki iā mākou ke hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Naloxone hoʻopakele ola i nā hola 24 i ka lā ma nā wahi e pono ai.
Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia pahu he ʻelua kau o Narcan, nā mīkina lima, nā pale maka, a me kahi kōkua ʻike e pili ana i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka lāʻau. Aia nā kiosk ma nā wahi ākea ʻelua ma South a me West Philadelphia me nā manaʻo e hoʻonui i ka papahana i ʻewalu mau wahi hou ma ke kūlanakauhale.
Ma Kanada, ua hāʻawi aku nā hale kūʻai hōʻemi pōʻino o Dispension ma mua o 10,000 mau ʻōlelo kuhikuhi ma ka ʻāina, ma ke ʻano he papahana i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e ke aupuni e pale i ka overdoses a hōʻemi i ka hewa. ʻO kēia hui hou me ka Philadelphia Department of Public Health ka mea mua o kāna ʻano ma US. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Corey Yantha, ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Dispension, he kūpono loa ia a manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia e kōkua ka ʻenehana i ka hoʻopakele ʻana i nā ola he nui.
"Hoʻokumu ʻia kā mākou ʻenehana e hāʻawi i ka nui o nā hoʻonā olakino a ua hōʻoia mākou i ka kūleʻa i ka pane ʻana i ka pilikia overdose," wahi a Yantha. "Ua ʻike mākou i ka stigma e pili ana i ka hōʻemi ʻino i kekahi manawa e pale aku i nā poʻe mai ke komo ʻana i nā lāʻau ola ola mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā papahana outreach. Hoʻokomo koke kēia mau mīkini iā Narcan i kahi ala palekana a palekana, e hoʻoikaika ana i ka poʻe e pono ai.
Hiki i ka 'Oihana ke nānā uila i ka waihona mīkini i kēlā me kēia lā, a ho'iho'i hou i ka lā'au lapa'au, inā pono. ʻO ka pahuhopu no Narcan e maʻalahi i nā kaiāulu i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka pilikia overdose a hoʻonui i ke komo ʻana i nā lawelawe hoʻopakele ola i nā ʻohana ma Philadelphia.
