Enhancing Harm Reduction Services in Health Departments: Harm Reduction Vending Machines

Harm reduction vending machines (HRVMs) provide an easily accessible method for people who use drugs (PWUD) to obtain a range of risk reduction supplies and resources. HRVMs are relatively new in the U.S. context and are not widely implemented in harm reduction settings, though interest in them is growing rapidly.

HRVMs appeal to the harm reduction community as a low-maintenance, inexpensive intervention that health departments and community-based organizations can adopt and implement to support PWUD in the communities they serve. This webinar provides an overview of an educational brief, Enhancing Harm Reduction Services in Health Departments: Harm Reduction Vending Machines, developed by the National Council with support from the CDC, and will include stories of harm reduction programs that have successfully implemented HRVMs from people in the field.