Man who helped save life of overdose victim sparks program offering free naloxone at West Side gas stations

Matthew McFarland demonstrates how Zimhi is is administered on Wednesday outside Amoco Gas Station in North Lawndale. The West Side gas station is the first to receive 50 out of 2,000 naloxone doses as part of a Cook County Sheriff’s Office initiative. (Mohammad Samra/Sun-Times)

The first of 2,000 donated naloxone doses appeared on the shelf of a West Side gas station where Matthew McFarland revived a man who overdosed in the parking lot in July.

McFarland, 51, and representatives from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office announced the project Wednesday outside the Amoco gas station, 4402 W. Roosevelt Rd., where 50 doses were available at no cost.