Narcan

At least seven teenagers overdosed from pills possibly containing fentanyl this year including a 15-year-old girl, according to the LAPD

After finding the man not breathing inside a home, the officer is seen administering Narcan and performing chest compressions

"There's a belief that if you touch fentanyl that you could receive a lethal dose or you could get exposed to fentanyl to the skin ... I've never heard of a case of that happening."

Vine Grove Police Chief Kenneth Mattingly got the idea for the vending machine after a call officers responded to earlier this year

"We need Narcan on the streets and in the jail so, obviously, it's a concern to us when that supply may be cut off."

District officials also announced plans to create a safety task force, led by the LAPD, to use data to map out where and how frequently overdose incidents are occurring

Naloxone will be provided by the county's Department of Public Health at no cost to the district

The department will run a three-year study on the use and results of deputies carrying the opioid overdose reversal drug

The vending machine – the first of its kind in the state – holds 54 boxes and is stocked by the detention center

Statewide, 245 overdose deaths were reported last year, and six out of 10 were linked to fentanyl

Drug overdoses are at record levels, and as recent news reports indicate, children are succumbing to fentanyl-related exposures in the classroom

The county has set up free vending machines and sent medical teams with naloxone out to encampments

Drug overdoses now surpass deaths from car crashes, guns, and flu and pneumonia

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