First-ever vending machine offering free Narcan, hygiene kits, and safer sex kits installed in New York City
A vending machine with free drug overdose prevention, wellness, and hygiene kits was installed in Brooklyn on Monday, June 5, 2023.to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams
The first vending machine went into operation June 5 at 1676 Broadway in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood in Brooklyn, just outside of a supportive housing facility less than 10 blocks from Highland Park and the Bushwick-Aberdeen St. subway station. The vending machine will be in operation 24 hours a day. The vending machine is run by Services for the UnderServed, a New York-based nonprofit that supports people living with disabilities and people facing homelessness and poverty. The nonprofit also oversees the facility where the vending machine was placed.Linn-Walton, chief strategy officer at Services for the UnderServed, told amNewYork Metro that the vending machine is not meant to promote drug use, but to address an existing crisis.
The mental health plan also called for the installation of at least four public health vending machines in high-need neighborhoods. Those additional machines are slated to go live next year, according to the city’s health department. Those vending machines will be run by four different agencies. Overdose deaths in New York City have reached historically high levels, according to the city’s health department. There were 2,668 overdose deaths in New York City in 2021, compared with 2,103 in 2020. Most of those overdoses involved an opioid — primarily Fentanyl. Roughly 108,000 lives were lost to opioid overdoses in the United States in 2021.
Harm reduction experts, told amNewYork Metro that one, or even four, vending machines won’t be enough to support the entire city. Graciela Razo, a programs manager at VOCAL-NY, said there should also be more overdose prevention centers.
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