The vending machine at the affordable housing community will soon be stocked with sterile syringes and other free items. Only veterans will have access with a code.
A vending machine dispensing free sterile syringes for veterans has been installed at the Edwin M. Lee Apartments in San Francisco.A "Harm Reduction Vending Machine" as it's called, has been installed in the lobby of the Edwin M. Lee Apartments in San Francisco. It's an affordable housing community in Mission Bay where many military veterans live. The vending machines will soon dispense free sterile syringes.
"I don't want kids looking at this stuff. They're too young they don't need to look at this," said John Knight. Narcan will not be offered in these machines as the veterans health administration requires over-the-counter products to be issued to veterans as prescription. Those who run apartment complex say Narcan is always on site behind the counter.FDA approves 1st over-the-counter version of opioid overdose antidote Narcan | Here's what it means
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