BOULDER COUNTY’S First Harm Reduction Vending Machine
The vending machine is in the lobby of BCH’s
Beacon Center for Infectious Diseases
4800 Riverbend Road
Boulder, CO 80301
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays
All items are free and available to anyone in the community
The Harm Reduction Vending Machine includes:
- Ensure
- Gun locks
- NARCAN® Nasal Spray
- Personal care kits (emergency blanket, hand warmers, lip balm and sunblock)
- Safer drug use kits (alcohol prep wipes; cookers; cottons; fentanyl and xylazine test strips; sterile water; and tourniquets)
- Safer sex kits (condom holder; dental dam; latex and non-latex condoms; and water and silicone-based lube)
- Sharps containers
- Washing cloths
- Wound care kits (antibiotic ointment; bandages; latex and rubber gloves; soap; sterile water; and wound care information card)
The machine doesn’t offer sharps or pipes.
Learn more about the Harm Reduction Vending Machine
BCH PILLAR Program Coordinator Amanda Wroblewski, LCSW recently spoke to two media outlets about the machine and the evidence-based data behind how harm reduction can benefit our communities.
“In the NoCo” (KUNC Podcast): Why Boulder's new harm reduction vending machine just might save a life
Listen here:
YouTube
https://bit.ly/3WyCj5a
Spotify
https://spoti.fi/42vSkfO
Apple Podcasts
https://apple.co/4hwKHtS
KUNC
https://bit.ly/3WyCjlG
Daily Camera: Boulder County’s first harm reduction vending machine has arrived, with more on the way
For additional info, contact:
Amanda Wroblewski, LCSW
PILLAR Program Coordinator
303-415-4291
awroblewski@bch.org
Sponsored by Boulder Community Health &
Clinica Family Health & Wellness.
Financial support provided by Boulder Rotary Club.