LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa., – Narcan, hygiene items, and other life-saving harm-reduction supplies will now be available for free at two 24\/7 kiosks in Lehigh County.<\/p>\n
Lehigh County Drug and Alcohol announced on Thursday that its launched two 24\/7 public health kiosks in Allentown and Slatington to reduce barriers to accessing naloxone (Narcan).<\/p>\n
The machines are fully funded through opioid settlement dollars with no taxpayer dollars used to support the project, according to a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese machines are about removing barriers,\u201d said Joe Martellucci, Lehigh County Drug and Alcohol Administrator. \u201cAny tools we can implement to make overdose prevention supplies easier to access means fewer overdose deaths in Lehigh County.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Slatington kiosk helps make critical supplies available locally, around the clock, according to officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In both Allentown and Slatington, the devices also provide access to wound-care kits, hygiene items and other basic public health supplies.<\/p>\n
The outdoor machines operate 24 hours a day and allow individuals to obtain supplies anonymously, reducing stigma and increasing the likelihood that life-saving tools are used when needed, the news release said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Each kiosk features a touchscreen listing available items, and all supplies are dispensed free of charge.<\/p>\n
Lehigh County Public Health Kiosk Locations<\/p>\n
Slatington: D&L Trailhead Pavilion, 89 Main Street, Slatington, Pa. 18080 | Live as of Feb. 4, 2026Allentown: Treatment Trends, Inc., 24 South 5th Street, Allentown, Pa. 18101 | Live as of Feb. 19, 2026Access: 24 hours a day, seven days a week<\/p>\n
County officials note it is too early to report usage data. Inventory selections were informed by interviews with individuals in recovery and professionals working in substance use treatment programs, according to a news release.<\/p>\n
As usage trends emerge, contents may be adjusted to best meet community needs, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a practical, data-driven step to protect our residents,\u201d said Michelle Ellison, Opioid Settlement Program Manager. \u201cIf we can prevent even one overdose death, this effort is worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa., – Narcan, hygiene items, and other life-saving harm-reduction supplies will now be available for free…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,232,433],"class_list":["post-124779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-allentown-area","tag-lehigh-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}