POWHATAN, Va. (WWBT) - When you walk towards the doors of the Powhatan Health Department, you’ll notice a large box by the entrance, which contains Naloxone.

This is one of three large boxes recently installed around Powhatan to create access to the medication, which is used to reverse opioid overdoses.

“You never know when you’re going to need it and so we really believe that everyone should carry it, and we wanted to make that as easy as possible,” said Jordan Schellin, who works as an outreach coordinator in Powhatan.

The idea became a reality through national opioid settlement funds.

“Those settlement funds are required to be used to reduce negative impacts of substance use in communities,” said Schellin.

During discussions and surveys, Schellin said they chose to set up three lar

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