Vending machines have become one of the latest tools in the fight against the opioid crisis. Kansas residents can access the naloxone, a medicine designed to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose, by simply inputting their ZIP codes on the machine’s keypad.
Kansas got the first of several free naloxone vending machines this week.
The machines were installed in Reno County and downtown Wichita; Douglas County already had one.
“If you feel like this is something that doesn’t affect your life specifically, I ask you to think more as a community member in Wichita and be educated and be ready for an overdose at any time,” said Morgan Jennings with Safe Streets, who helped get the machine to Wichita.
