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  "description": "Another WFAM - Waste of the Week with more profiteering in the name of harm reduction… ",
  "path": "/noxbox/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T11:57:59.000Z",
  "site": "https://news.opioidpolicy.org",
  "tags": [
    "☕ Buy Tony a Coffee",
    "database",
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  "textContent": "Look, y'all…we **_love naloxone_**. We really do. **Naloxone saves lives.** Full stop. Reversing an opioid overdose with naloxone literally brings someone back from the dead. It is a miracle. Like vaccines for infectious disease, naloxone is a transformative leap in public health.\n\nIf you're working in this space, you likely know someone who is here today because of naloxone. This crisis has been _horrible._ It is difficult to fathom how much worse it would be without naloxone.\n\nThis is a lot of throat clearing to say:**we support low-dose/low-cost naloxone being saturated in high-risk communities.** It remains one of the best ways to drive our communities to zero overdose deaths and increase overall health and well-being.\n\nBut, as always, profiteers can’t resist cashing in during a crisis.\n\nYes, we're talking about communities spending settlement dollars on those little plastic boxes _that don't even come with naloxone_.\n\nHow much do those plastic boxes cost? Keep in mind, comparable metal AED cabinets cost ~$75 online. So for a plastic box it must be…\n\n$5? $50? $150? Over $274?\n\nYes, you read that right.\n\nCommunities are spending opioid settlement dollars on a fancy wall-mounted plastic box. And it comes with no naloxone. And it is only for use indoors.\n\nBuying these boxes is like buying a designer fire extinguisher _**case**_(_sans extinguisher_), calling the media, and holding a presser about the remarkable fire safety efforts in your community.\n\nWe have to ask, why is this level of waste ok for the opioid crisis?\n\n☕ Buy Tony a Coffee\n\n#### Quick WFAM Project Updates (05.04.2026)\n\nOur database is at ****719 WFAM examples****\n📈 ****+25 WFAM**** examples since last post\n\nCurrent ****WFAM Total: ~$40.5 mil****\n📈 ****+$0.4mil**** since last post\n\n## NaloxBox: The $275 Nox Box 📦\n\nToday, we're calling out spending opioid settlement money on branded naloxone storage that ships _without_ naloxone.\n\n#### ****NaloxBox (and other naloxone storage) (+$458,977)****\n\n  * ****Vendor:**** NaloxBox (RIDMAT, Inc.), ONEBox (West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, Inc.), Rapid Risk Reductions (R3)\n  * ****Where:**** California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania\n  * ****Initial Spending:**** Storage container purchase ($100–$400 per unit; __naloxone not included__)\n  * ****Long-term Costs:**** Storage container, installation, initial naloxone, restocking naloxone, maintenance\n  * ****AKA:**** Naloxone box, wall-mounted naloxone unit, naloxone case, naloxone distribution boxes, ONEbox, NaloxBox\n\n\n\n## Background\n\nLet's start with what's actually happening here.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Naloxbox, the Nox Box 🚫📦",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-05T11:58:00.290Z"
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