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Narcan vending machine installed at Pitt County Detention Center

PRE News & Ideas | By Annette Weston
Published October 19, 2022 at 5:31 AM EDT
A Narcan vending machine is now operational in the Magistrate's Office lobby at the Pitt County Detention Center in Greenville. The Narcan is free and people who come to get Narcan do not have to interact with jail staff.
(Photo: Pitt County Sheriff's Office)
A Narcan vending machine is now operational in the Magistrate's Office lobby at the Pitt County Detention Center in Greenville. The Narcan is free and people who come to get Narcan do not have to interact with jail staff.

A Narcan vending machine is now operational in the Magistrate's Office lobby at the Pitt County Detention Center in Greenville.

The Narcan is free and people who come to get Narcan do not have to interact with jail staff.

The goal is to help those struggling with opioid addiction by providing a life-saving medicine that can reverse an overdose.

Pitt County is now one of five counties in North Carolina to get one of these machines. Wilkes, Buncombe, Forsyth, and Cumberland counties also have them.

The Pitt County Sheriff's Office became the first law enforcement agency in North Carolina to equip its patrol cars with Naloxone in 2014.
Annette Weston
Annette is an award-winning journalist based in Eastern North Carolina. Her career includes professional stops across the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Southeast, recently culminating in a 2026 Region 8 Edward R. Murrow Award for Small Market Radio Best News Series for her work on the Camp Lejeune Justice Act Series. Guided by a passion for human-interest storytelling, she focuses on narratives that touch hearts and connect communities. A mother of four and grandmother of two, Annette enjoys reading and creating epic Halloween costumes in her spare time. If you have a story idea to share, please reach out by email to westona@cravencc.edu.
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