MANITOWOC, Wis. (WFRV) – The City of Manitowoc unveiled its first public health vending machine on Wednesday.
The vending machine will be free, anonymous, and open at all hours of the day. Manitowoc officials decided to bring this to their city after seeing the success in Appleton and Oshkosh.
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“Anybody that’s struggling with an opioid addiction really needs to have access to NARCAN because it’s the only proven method to reverse overdoses,” said Alex Hunt, The Haven Executive Director. “That access can be hard sometimes, especially for people who are using it and don’t want to walk into a clinic or something like that. It gives them immediate access without any stigma or barrier right there at hand.”
The vending machine is at 621 York Street, just off of 7th Street in downtown Manitowoc.
