Highland Hospital’s new vending machine offers free socks, tampons, and drug test kits

OAKLANDSIDE, OAKLAND - Highland Hospital has a new vending machine. But instead of soda, it has socks. Instead of chips, there’s condoms.

And it’s all free.

The “harm-reduction vending machine” launched in Highland’s emergency department this fall, offers basic supplies to anyone who needs it, with a focus on reaching those who might benefit from the substance-use services at the hospital’s Bridge program… [SOURCE]