On Monday, Brooklyn officials launched New York City's first public health vending machine. A new vending machine in Brooklyn is stocked with Naloxone and fentanyl test samples instead of food.
New York City is giving away "Safer Smoking" crack pipes and free anti-overdose meds Narcan in a vending machine designed for drug users, officials said.
Less than a day after being introduced by New York City officials, the city’s first "public health" vending machine, which distributes items such as free condoms, crack pipes, and Narcan, a medication that reverses drug overdoses, is now empty after an influx of locals discovered the machine.
A free public health vending machine stocking naxolene will be unveiled by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on Monday the first such machine in New York City.