“In the end, there isn't anything more you can do to help a person if they die from an overdose during the course of their use.” In practice, Arendt said harm reduction efforts include distributing naloxone, the drug that can reverse an opioid overdose, as well as other supplies such as sterile syringes, fentanyl test strips, tourniquets and bandages.“You would never tell someone who has wildly uncontrolled diabetes to get their blood sugar in check before we will help them or give them insulin,” Arendt said.Instead, we can acknowledge that drug use is becoming increasingly risky, and we can use that recognition to help spur the development of new, innovative methods of providing people with the care, services and support that they need, no strings attached.” A new approach Caracole, an HIV/AIDS service organization in Cincinnati, partnered with nonprofit Interact for Health to bring the idea of the vending machine to fruition, with an Interact for Health grant funding the purchase of the vending machine.People can’t get healthy or seek treatment if they aren’t alive.” After the machine was purchased by Caracole, Arendt was brought on board the project to assist with data collection and monitoring.Each person with a code can dispense two injection doses of naloxone, two nasal spray doses of naloxone, a container for disposing of sharp objects such as needles, a safer injection kit, a safer smoking kit, a personal protective equipment kit, a safer sex kit, a pregnancy test and a box of bandages from the machine every seven days."