The vending machine is meant to reduce stigmas and barriers to services in the fight against overdose deaths.
The machines are stocked with items like fentanyl test strips, supplies to snort, smoke and inject drugs, as well as Naloxone. Michelle Charlesworth reports.New York City health officials unveiled the first free public health vending machine in Brooklyn on Monday.
The machines are stocked with items like naloxone -- a drug which can reverse overdoses, fentanyl test strips, hygiene kits and safe sex kits.The city's health commissioner said the machines are a practical step in the fight against the overdose crisis. Overdose deaths in New York City have reached historically high levels. In 2021, the city says there were 2,668 overdose deaths in NYC, compared with 2,103 in 2020. In 2021, 84% of overdose deaths involved an opioid. Fentanyl, a highly potent opioid, was involved in 80% of all overdose deaths. There were 1,370 confirmed overdose death in the first half of 2022.
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