Las Vegas health officials are turning a familiar piece of equipment — the vending machine — into a first-in-the-nation experiment to automate the dispensing of clean needles for intravenous drug ...

A vending machine dispensing free kits aimed at reducing the risk of HIV and hepatitis C and at treating opioid overdose was unveiled Monday at the headquarters of the Southern Nevada Health District.

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Las Vegas is betting on a new approach to combat rising heroin and HIV rates: vending machines of clean needles. But the syringe exchange vending machines, a first in the United States, aren't open to ...

From free needles to supervised injection sites where drug users can shoot up amid people trained to respond to overdoses to a vending machine that doles out Narcan, harm reduction — the newest ...

Las Vegas will be the first American city to offer a needle exchange program through vending machines. Officials hope easy access to free and clean needles will reduce the spread of HIV and hepatitis ...