NYC Officials Unveil Vending Machine Offering Free Narcan, Crack Pipes

A new vending machine in Brooklyn that will disperse fentanyl test strips and naloxone as well as hygiene kits, maxi pads, vitamin C, and COVID-19 tests for free is officially opened in New York on June 5, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Public health officials in New York City on June 5 unveiled the city’s first “public health vending machine,” which offers everything from an overdose-reversing drug to crack pipes and fentanyl test strips.

Officials with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene welcomed the unveiling of the machine, located at 1676 Broadway in Brooklyn, just outside a supportive housing facility run by Services for the Underserved (S:US).