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Richmond area harm reduction boxes mark three months in service

Richmond area harm reduction boxes mark three months in service

Update: 2025-10-15
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<figure class="aligncenter size-large"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Richmond City opioid outreach worker Jason Alley restocks one of the city’s new harm reduction vending machines (Credit: Brad Kutner / Radio IQ)</figcaption></figure>



About three months ago the City of Richmond began a new program, offering harm reduction and personal hygiene products for free at vending machines across the city. It got off to a bit of a rocky start.  Brad Kutner has this report on how things are going now. 





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Richmond area harm reduction boxes mark three months in service

Richmond area harm reduction boxes mark three months in service

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