The vending machines are paid for by Boulder Community Hospital’s PILLAR (drug addiction program), but PILLAR gets part of its funding from the City of Boulder. I don’t like the public funding it.

So, stock the harm-reduction vending machines, but put a price on it, either in dollars or via a mandatory counseling session. These drug users are adults. They buy or obtain their drugs and food.

A vending machine is stocked with emergency contraceptives at Odegaard Library on the campus of the University of Washington, Friday, June 2, 2023, in Seattle. After a student-led campaign to ...

School Board members approved the first reading of the policy Monday, and now it will go to the board’s policy committee for further review before final approval.