Harm-reduction vending machines aim to fill gap after Ontario closes supervised drug-use sites

In the former Bond Place Hotel in downtown Toronto, which is now a supportive housing building, a brightly decorated six-foot-tall vending machine is placed in the facility’s newly renovated lobby, ready to dispense items. Instead of confectionery or other snacks, it distributes life-saving supplies – naloxone, clean syringes, HIV testing kits, personal hygiene products – for free.