New York City health officials on Monday unveiled the city's first public health vending machine, featuring free drug paraphernalia and anti-overdose meds for addicts. The big blue box was installed ...

As part of a drug harm-reduction initiative, New York City launched a vending machine program offering free "safer smoking kits" that include drug paraphernalia, such as bubble pipes for smoking meth ...

Naloxone vending machine programs often can face opposition from the communities where they are placed. But public health advocates champion the machines as a way to reduce the number of lives lost to ...

Naloxone can reverse overdoses that would otherwise be fatal; it is also often commonly referred to by the brand name Narcan. Seven vending machines throughout Allegheny County will dispense free ...

Vending machines have certain advantages that make getting into the vending machine business attractive, particularly to beginning entrepreneurs with limited capital. However, there's also a lot of ...

For the homeless, accessing food can be a big challenge: shelters often have odd hours and food pantries may run low on supplies. But an innovative new vending machine that dispenses food and other ...

Aslak de Silva, CEO of Selfly Store, works with customers in 20+ countries generating revenue with data and intelligent vending machines. As technology continues to change retail, vending machines ...

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