Purple boxes stocked with naloxone are popping up in different parts of Harrison County.

Through a partnership with the Cynthiana Police Department and the West Coast District Health Department, people will have access to Narcan in case of an emergency.

Within the city limits.

We strategically placed the naloxone boxes where someone would hopefully only have to walk five minutes to get to them.

So we have 20 that we have purchased over.

All 11 have been placed currently, and we are hoping to get the other nine placed before the end of the month.

So for us, our goal was that people could have access to this 24 seven and sometimes the stigma is that everybody who is using naloxone has a substance use disorder, which isn't exactly correct.

There are many different instances where naloxone can be used and can treat a fatal, prevent a fatal overdose.

Having naloxone should be, you know, very common in every home because we have people who come home from surgery with opioids and they might forget that they've taken a pain medication and an overdose on taking it again.

We have children that might get into Graham Hall's medication and accidentally have an overdose.

Having it available right at your disposal to be able to reduce a fatality is truly our mission here.

The other thing that we know with naloxone is that it doesn't.

There's no effect if you're not in, having a fatal overdose.

It's not going to hurt you or harm anyone who takes it.

We have seen at the police department that people are using overdose, too, as a means to suicide.

And so something that we think is why should be in every household is because mental health struggles and substance use disorders go hand in hand.

And whether it be that they have a true addiction or whether it be that they have a mental health struggle and they are just trying to find relief if this can help save their life for a day, to where they can get treatment the next day, or whenever they are ready, that is the goal.

So when you come to the Narcan box or the free naloxone box, this purple may stand out.

So you're going to know that you're there when you see the big purple box.

It pulls down and it has a like a hammer, a door.

So some people were concerned that, what if children can access this?

Well, they have to be pretty strong to lift these doors down and, you know, hot to.

But either way, the bags have, one supply of Narcan in each.

And then they also have some pamphlets in there about how to administer Narcan.

Another pamphlet for font help.

Now Kentucky, which, pulls up different treatment centers for different issues that you may be having.

If you're having a mental health struggle, it can even help you find help with that.

It also has the CPR mask for if you need to give resuscitation breaths.

For somebody that has had an overdose.

This is just out there for the community to not have to come to us.

We're meeting the community where they are.

It is no different than having an aid machine.

If somebody is is having an overdose or if somebody is having a medical emergency, let's have whatever lifesaving measure possible at our disposal to be able to save a life.

That's what it's about.

And that's what the Cynthiana Police Department in Waco plan to do.

We just want to save lives.

Taxpayer money was not used to fund the project.

The community boxes were funded through multiple grants.