Hunter
08/15/25
Johnson County is installing special vending machines in various locations to provide supplies like Narcan to treat opioid overdoses.
The Press-Citizen reports the vending machines will be located in the Coralville and North Liberty public libraries, at the Deadwood Tavern in downtown Iowa City and outside the Johnson County Health & Human Services building. All products in the machines will be available for free.
In addition to Narcan, the machines will dispense condoms, sharps containers for safe disposal of needles, gun locks in partnership with the local Veterans Affairs hospital, hygiene and wound care kits, and the emergency contraceptive Plan B.
Johnson County Public Health is looking at other locations in the southern part of the county to place an additional vending machine to serve the smaller communities.
The project is being funded through settlements of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers.