This Must Be the Place and Walgreens Expand Access to Naloxone for Music and Art Lovers Across the Country
August 08 2024 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
The retail pharmacy and healthcare provider
facilitated the donation of 12,000 units of the life-saving
medication to the non-profit for distribution at music and arts
festivals this year
This Must Be the Place (TMBTP), an overdose prevention
non-profit dedicated to keeping music safe, and Walgreens, the
leading integrated independent retail pharmacy and healthcare
provider, announced that access to the over-the counter overdose
prevention medication, naloxone, will be made available for
festival goers during a series of upcoming music and art festivals.
TMBTP will have a booth at the festivals to hand out free kits of
Walgreens Brand Naloxone HCI Nasal Spray, as well as educate
festival attendees about the opioid crisis and how to respond to an
overdose.
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Walgreens Brand Naloxone HCI Nasal Spray
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TMBTP is a nonprofit who has made it their mission to make music
fans safer. TMBTP travels from festival to festival to deliver free
naloxone, a life-saving nasal spray proven to rapidly reverse
opioid overdoses, to fans across the country. By facilitating the
donation of 12,000 units of the Walgreens Brand Naloxone HCI Nasal
Spray, equivalent to more than $400,000 of free product, Walgreens
is helping the organization continue to deliver on this mission
while also continuing to support the health and wellbeing of
communities across the country.
“Walgreens is committed to removing barriers to naloxone access
and our network of retail pharmacies is uniquely positioned to
address the opioid overdose crisis. By working with TMBTP, we are
able to reach and educate even more people about this life saving
medication,” said Dr. Priya Mammen, senior medical director in the
Walgreens Office of Clinical Integrity. “As an emergency physician,
I have seen first-hand that overdoses can happen to anyone,
regardless of age, background or other factors. Providing access to
over-the-counter naloxone creates an opportunity for bystanders,
friends and family members to potentially save a life. In the event
of an accidental overdose, every second counts.”
“By harnessing the arts and the power of music, we are able to
bring life-saving medication to populations across all imaginable
demographics. From country music to electronic to pop music fans,
festival attendees have proven time and time again that they want
to be equipped with the tools to save someone’s life,” said William
Perry, co-founder of This Must Be The Place.
“While we have been able to reach lots of people, there is still
so much work to be done, and we’re excited this donation is going
to be able to propel our work that much further,” said Ingela
Travers-Hayward, co-director of This Must Be The Place.
“Far too many lives are being lost to overdose. Fortunately, we
know what it takes to save people. The Biden-Harris Administration
continues to make sure the necessary tools - such as naloxone - are
quickly and easily available so anyone can respond to an emergency
situation - anytime, anywhere,” said U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Midwest Regional Director Michael Cabonargi.
“Naloxone is a lifesaving medication and should be as readily
available as first aid kits in all public spaces, from schools, to
housing communities, businesses – or major events. This work will
help to ensure these lifesaving medications are accessible and
protects the millions of Americans that might need them.”
Walgreens offers naloxone at a lower price than the comparable
national brand product at Walgreens stores, providing a critical
point of access for the nearly 10 million customers and patients
the company serves every day in local communities throughout the
U.S.
For information on how to use Walgreens Brand Naloxone HCI Nasal
Spray and frequently asked questions, please visit Naloxone - OTC
Narcan Nasal Spray (walgreens.com).
Walgreens is leveraging its people, trust and footprint to
enable the results that matter most in healthcare while delivering
care for communities and value for partners, as it expands its
reach beyond neighborhood pharmacies into the fastest growing areas
of healthcare. As one of the largest providers of pharmacy
healthcare services in the U.S., the company understands the needs
of the communities it serves and is uniquely positioned to
meaningfully impact access and affordability to healthcare
services.
About This Must Be The Place
This Must Be the Place is a charity organization based in
Columbus, Ohio that travels to large scale music events nation-wide
and brings harm reduction tools and education to infrequent and
recreational drug users, as well as bystanders willing to step in
and save a life. They specialize in serving folks who have had
limited access and societal barriers to life-saving overdose
prevention tools like naloxone. This Must Be The Place merges the
worlds of music, arts, entertainment and harm reduction, and brings
overdose prevention tools and education to a whole new demographic.
They have traveled all across the country to music festivals like
Lollapalooza, Burning Man and Governors Ball. They have equipped
countless tours on a wide variety of artists and worked with
musicians on campaigns to help destigmatize the carrying of
naloxone.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the U.S. Retail
Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments of Walgreens Boots Alliance,
Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail
leader. True to its purpose of “more joyful lives through better
health,” Walgreens has a more than 120-year heritage of caring for
communities and providing trusted pharmacy services, and today is
playing a greater role as an independent partner of choice offering
healthcare services that improve care, lower costs, and help
patients. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across the U.S.
and Puerto Rico, Walgreens is proud to serve nearly 9 million
customers and patients daily. The company’s pharmacists are playing
a more critical role in healthcare than ever before, providing a
wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services, including those
that drive equitable access to care for some of the nation’s most
underserved populations. Walgreens offers customers and patients a
true omnichannel experience, with fully integrated physical and
digital platforms designed to deliver high-quality products and
healthcare services. Within the U.S. Healthcare segment, Walgreens
portfolio also includes businesses in primary care,
multi-specialty, post-acute care, urgent care, specialty pharmacy
services, population health and provider enablement.
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