LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (KCTV) – Jackson County Public Health installed its first free health vending machine in downtown Lee’s Summit, offering naloxone and other medical supplies around the clock.
The Blue Box, located in a parking garage near city hall, provides naloxone, fentanyl test strips, condoms, first aid kits, menstrual kits and safe sex kits free of charge. Officials plan to add five more machines by the end of the summer.
Drug overdose is the leading cause of death for young adults, according to Jackson County Public Health…