Los Angeles County Installs Vending Machines With Free Fentanyl Tests, Condoms, and More

COVID-19 tests and overdose medications are also available from the machines, which have been placed in homeless shelters and other health centers.

Volunteers explain how to use a rapid at-home COVID-19 test in Chelsea, Mass., on Dec. 17, 2021. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

Los Angeles County has installed 51 vending machines to provide low-income residents across the county free access to COVID-19 tests, condoms, overdose medications, fentanyl test strips, and more.

The Public Health Department plans to install more “health stations” over the next few months and have a total of 100 available, according to a May 5 news release.