A recent innovation to increasing low-threshold access is the installation of self-serve public health vending machines (PHVMs) to dispense naloxone anonymously and free of charge. Starting in 2017, PHVMs dispensing naloxone, usually only available by prescription, have been installed in many jurisdictions across the US.

What are naloxone vending machines? Vending machines are an innovative and effective way to distribute naloxone. Several overdose prevention programs in WA State provide naloxone and other harm reduction supplies through vending machines.

With opioid overdose fatalities on the rise, harm reduction vending machines can expand access to the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone and reduce overdose morbidity and mortality (Allen et al., 2022; Arendt, 2023).

Feb 22, 2024 · Naloxone vending machines – which provide the medications for free – can help people access doses quickly and reduce someone’s risk of dying from an opioid overdose since, ideally, the...

A growing number of cities and local governments are using vending machines to distribute the overdose-reversing drug naloxone. The machines are often set up at libraries, post offices and other public buildings. They dispense naloxone and other items for free, including first aid kits.

Feb 21, 2024 · Harm Reduction Vending Machines provide convenient, secure, and 24/7 access to essential supplies for safer drug use, overdose reversal, and infectious disease prevention, such as nasal spray Narcan (naloxone), Fentanyl test strip kits, safer sex kits, and other harm reduction supplies.

Angeles County Jail implemented the first vending machine to distribute naloxone in the U.S. in June 2019. The vending machine provides overdose prevention and response video training for every individual who is released, in addition to access to free naloxone. During the first nine months of 2020, more than 20,000 doses of naloxone were

Vending machines are a tool to provide low-barrier access to naloxone in a variety of locations, outside and inside, such as lobbies, waiting rooms, and cafeterias.

Naloxone, commonly referred to as brand name Narcan, is a medication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. MATTERS distributes free naloxone through its vending machine program and facilitating opioid overdose response trainings in the community.

May 20, 2024 · Get a naloxone vending machine in your community. The Center for Behavioral Health and Justice (CBHJ) is identifying agencies that are interested in a free vending machine to distribute naloxone in community common areas.