Lehigh County Drug and Alcohol has launched two 24/7 public health kiosks in Allentown and Slatington to reduce barriers to accessing naloxone (Narcan), hygiene items and other lifesaving harm-reduction supplies.
The machines are fully funded through opioid settlement dollars with no taxpayer dollars used to support the project.
“These machines are about removing barriers,” Joe Martellucci, Lehigh County Drug and Alcohol Administrator said. “Any tools we can implement to make overdose prevention supplies easier to access means fewer overdose deaths in Lehigh County.”…