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