News New York Plans to Install ‘Vending Machines’ With Anti-Overdose Drugs

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New York Plans to Install ‘Vending Machines’ With Anti-Overdose Drugs​

Isabella Grullón Paz
The New York Times
08 Jan 2021

New York City health officials have announced a plan to install 10 “public health vending machines” that would dispense sterile syringes, an anti-overdose medication and other “harm reduction” supplies to help neighborhoods that have been hit hard by drug overdoses.

The vending machines, which are planned for neighborhoods in all five boroughs, will also carry toiletries and safe-sex kits, according to Michael McRae, acting executive deputy commissioner of the city’s health department. All items in the vending machines will be free, he said, adding that the department hoped to have the vending machines on the street this year.

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Awesome!