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Vending Machines with Free Public Health Supplies Help Fight Opioid Overdoses
The machines dispense free naloxone kits and other supplies as the city uses $12 million in opioid settlement funds to expand harm reduction services.
- New York City Health Commissioner Alister Martin announced free vending machines in Staten Island stocking naloxone kits and other "public health" supplies, requiring no insurance or appointments.
- Adrienne Abbate, executive director of Partnerships for Community Wellness, secured $12 million from the city's opioid settlement fund to install machines in North Shore neighborhoods, where fatal overdoses had been particularly high.
- Beyond naloxone, machines provide emergency contraception, condoms, and socks at no cost, while users enter a ZIP code for program tracking purposes.
- EMT volunteer Simone Kelly demonstrated rapid access's life-saving potential two weeks ago at a parade, prompting Martin to say, "Were it not for that Narcan, this person may not be here with us today."
- New York City overdose deaths spiked around 2014 and peaked in 2022, though rates remain highest in the Bronx and Central Brooklyn; Staten Island's rate dropped to second-lowest by 2024.
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Vending machines with free public health supplies help fight opioid overdoses
Healthbeat reports that NYC has installed free public health vending machines stocked with naloxone and supplies to combat opioid overdoses, aiming to save lives.
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