Las Vegas will dispense clean needles in vending machines

Las Vegas is about to set up vending machines to dispense clean needles, free of charge.

The machines will be designed to make equipment more readily available for intravenous drug users, who can pass various infections to each other if they use the same needles.

The project will make Vegas the first place in the country to offer such a service.

The machines will soon pop up around Las Vegas, but anyone who wants to use them will first have to register to get a card they can swipe, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The cards will have an ID number that allows each user to get up to two packs of needles per week, but those who want to register won't have to give up personal information to do so. Read more...