About three months ago the City of Richmond began a new program, offering harm reduction and personal hygiene products for free at vending machines across the city.
It got off to a bit of a rocky start, but as I pull up to the massive blue, black and lime green vending machine across from Richmond city Richmond City opioid outreach worker Jason Alley is restocking it.
“Little small first aid kits, toothbrush and toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, wipes, and then tons of Naloxone and fentanyl test strips,” Alley says of the available products…