NYC Installs Public Health Vending Machines Offering Free Lifesaving Resources

A vending machine in Brooklyn is stocked with drug-test strips and the overdose-reversing drug naloxone to combat the drug overdose epidemic in New York City
Tools include naloxone and fentanyl test strips.
Health officials in New York City have unveiled a new street vending machine that offers free doses of Narcan and drug-testing strips.
The machine is stocked with potential life-saving tools, including Narcan, drug-test strips, safe-smoking kits, and assorted items such as condoms, tampons, nicotine gum, and first-aid kits.
The machines will be installed in areas most plagued by drug overdoses and are part of a pilot program that has already been installed in other cities around the world.