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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Joseph Stepansky

US opioid crisis: Hope for new approach as naloxone machines spread in 2023

A new vending machine dispenses naloxone and fentanyl test strips, as well as other 'harm reduction' products, in Brooklyn, New York [Spencer Platt/AFP]

Washington, DC – It was a hot summer day in July when Shekita McBroom received a phone call from a local hair salon.

The stylist on the other end of the line urgently needed a resupply — not of hair dye or shampoo, but of the overdose-reversal drug naloxone.

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