HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Anyone on Hilton Head Island who needs naloxone, the nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose, can pick up a box for free at the island public branch library, 11 Beach City Road.
The library machine is one of a set of kiosks that the county Alcohol and Drug Department began placing around the county in February 2025. Others sit in branch libraries in Bluffton, Lobeco, Port Royal and St. Helena and in county buildings, including the Myrtle Park Government Building on Bluffton Parkway.
Each unit holds as many as 65 boxes. Every box carries two 4 mg doses plus printed steps for spotting an overdose and giving the spray. The kiosks stay unlocked 24 hours a day.
Between February 2025 and October 2026, the kiosks gave out 1,228 boxes, or 2,456 doses, Nexus Care director Rebecca Whitt Burgess said. A prevention coordinator tracks stock and refills the machines on a set schedule.
Money for the kiosks and medicine comes from the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board, whose funding traces to a nationwide legal settlement with drug makers and pharmacies.
The island branch lists a main phone line of 843-255-6526 and offers computers, study rooms and meeting rooms.
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