Westbrook, Maine Distributes ONEboxes To Prevent Overdose Deaths

City of Westbrook and Westbrook Partners for Prevention Collaborate to Make Naloxone More Accessible in Schools and Public Spaces

Westbrook, ME (January 30, 2024) –  If you look in places around Westbrook, you may notice some new purple-labeled boxes around the city. These are ONEboxes™ and they are designed to save lives.

ONEbox™ is an emergency opioid overdose reversal kit designed to hold two doses of intranasal naloxone and provide on-demand training for bystanders to respond to an overdose emergency. Each ONEbox™ also contains a CPR mask, gloves and wipes, along with written naloxone administration instructions, a scannable QR code for video instructions, and an emergency training video available both in English and Spanish. The ONEbox™ is distributed by the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, a non-profit located in Charleston, West Virginia, whose mission is to reduce overdose deaths.

ONEboxes™ were distributed in Westbrook over the past few weeks and are now available at ten locations: Westbrook Middle School; Westbrook High School; Westbrook Performing Arts Center; Westbrook Memorial Library; Super 8 Motel; Westbrook Regional Vocational Center; First Baptist Church; Westbrook Warren Congregational Church; Westbrook City Hall; and Westbrook Community Center. These locations were identified with help from Westbrook Recovery Liaison Missy Esty.

Westbrook Mayor Michael Foley stated, “The City of Westbrook is proud to collaborate with Westbrook Partners for Prevention and other members of our community to distribute ONEbox toolkits. This initiative is an important step to provide easier access to naloxone and training to help reduce opioid overdose deaths.”

Read the full article at Westbrook Partners for Prevention.