JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Free vending machines are popping up around Johnson County, stocked with life-saving materials. And for one local psychiatrist, the need for the free supplies in those machines is very real.

Chantal Rozmus knows firsthand how important it can be for anyone, regardless of habits or addiction, to carry NARCAN. During a recent experience, the psychiatrist used it on a man who was passed out in public.

“We gave him a dose of that, waited for a little bit, somebody called 911 after the first dose, and then we gave a second dose. Before the ambulance could get there, he went from being unconscious, like we couldn’t wake him up, to walking away from it,” said Rozmus.

Experiences like that are why Johnson County has launched new, free harm-reduction vending machine

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