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

New York Times ^ | January 8, 2021 | Isabella Grullón Paz

[artichokegrower]

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.

[artichokegrower]

The main purpose of the vending machines is to curb overdoses across the city by increasing the availability of naloxone, a drug that works to quickly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

The local first responders here will not administer naloxone unless law enforcement is present. The overdosed person will sometimes respond violently when brought down from his high

[PeterPrinciple]

vending machines take credit card, quarters or free?

[Veggie Todd]

Or they could just say, No.

[ealgeone]

Whatcha bet in about two months these machines are all busted up and the contents stolen.

[Col Frank Slade]

They will vandalize the machines and steal the contents.

Idiots.

[Mark]

San Francisco will have vending machines selling Ex Lax.

[SaxxonWoods]

“The overdosed person will sometimes respond violently when brought down from his high”
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“Hey bro, take as much as you want, you can just get the O.D. medicine from the machine if it bothers you.”

The headlines are writing themselves now.

[PeterPrinciple]

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/eh/business/vending-machines.htm

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looks like they will require a permit or not. a little confusing.

[TnTnTn]

Keep the derelict losers alive to continue their parasitism on society…

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Notice how casually the Slimes is reporting on this, as if it's just normal to do this.

Has anyone noticed the complete breakdown in quality of life and basic services in big cities? All the normal things like trash collection, loitering, and maintaining public safety has completely gone out the window.

[Grampa Dave]

Whatcha bet in about one~two months weeks, these machines are all busted up and the contents stolen.

[ealgeone]

Probably more the case!

[x]

Yes, but if you’re overdosing, do you really have the time to steal and sell off enough stuff to be able to buy what’s in the vending machines?

[DoughtyOne]

Is, “Thin the herd”, not an operational option?

Just asking for a friend.

[mass55th]

"The local first responders here will not administer naloxone unless law enforcement is present."

Why not send social workers instead? Neither are medically qualified anyway.

[mass55th]

"vending machines take credit card, quarters or free?"

Vending machines will be broken into, and the products sold on the street for drugs or money. If money is required to use them, these machines will be staked out, and robberies will occur. Does anyone actually think that this will be successful, or that New York will actually prosecute anyone who destroys these machines, steals what's in them, or robs from individuals using them? What a waste of money.

[bravo whiskey]

Why not just make every citizen carry a dose as EDC.

[metmom]

Jesus needs to come back real soon.

[technically right]

First NYC elects a mayor who’s first act of business is to hire his brother as his personal bodyguard at 240 grand, then the newly elected Manhattan DA says he basically won’t be prosecuting anyone and now this. Good G*d have these people gone crazy?!

[jacknhoo]

Oh how compassionate the Leftists are, eh. Makes them feel good about themselves, the lie that they’re compassionate.