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New York Plans to Install ‘Vending Machines’ With Anti-Overdose Drugs
New York Times ^ | January 8, 2021 | Isabella Grullón Paz

Posted on 01/09/2022 1:46:06 PM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: harmreduction; naloxone; vendingmachines
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To: artichokegrower

From what I heard, insane morons running NYC are also going to supply vending machines dispensing clean needles and other drug paraphernalia—making the city into an enabler to kill yourself AND OTHERS. So they want to work both sides of the coin and offer naloxone to counteract the evil of their other machines. Sick, sick, sick!


21 posted on 01/09/2022 3:18:14 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: artichokegrower

Better yet, Ivermectin and HCQ.


22 posted on 01/09/2022 3:19:12 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: artichokegrower

They’ve really gone completely ‘round the bend up there.

I’m so grateful I visited NYC several times when it was a fun and dynamic city.

The left has managed to destroy what was once one of the world’s most vibrant, energetic places.


23 posted on 01/09/2022 3:21:53 PM PST by Allegra
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To: PeterPrinciple

Will the vending machine take insurance? What’s the deductible...


24 posted on 01/09/2022 3:32:32 PM PST by moovova
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To: gitmo

That was my first thought.

Now you can get a powerful drug like Narcan from a vending machine buy you can’t get a life saving drug like Ivermectin, which has one the best safety records for any drug, from any doctor period.

In places like India it is over the counter for pennies but here you need a prescription signed by God.


25 posted on 01/09/2022 3:49:51 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: artichokegrower
The real story not covered: Who has the contract for putting in the machines and how much are they being paid for them?

I grew up in NYC and that was my first thought.

26 posted on 01/09/2022 3:50:18 PM PST by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: ealgeone
NYC is such a disgraceful, progressive mess right now.
27 posted on 01/09/2022 3:53:21 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (It's becoming more difficult to tell the difference between a RINO and a Marxist.)
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To: artichokegrower

Some people, once addicted, will be a horrendous burden on their family and community until they die from suicide or overdose. The vending machines should dispense hot doses — speed up the process.


28 posted on 01/09/2022 4:40:18 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: artichokegrower

“public health vending machines” that would dispense sterile syringes, an anti-overdose medication and other “harm reduction” supplies
= = =

Will they take an EBT card?


29 posted on 01/09/2022 5:01:24 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: mass55th

They will rob the trucks which carry the naloxone. Why wait for it to be in the machine. The blind leading the blind.


30 posted on 01/09/2022 5:44:30 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: artichokegrower

Narcan costs approximately $90.00 per dose.


31 posted on 01/09/2022 7:03:08 PM PST by BansheeBill
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To: Getready
"They will rob the trucks which carry the naloxone. Why wait for it to be in the machine. The blind leading the blind."

LOL!!! Maybe they should use armored trucks and armed guards to load the vending machines. Can you imagine that??

32 posted on 01/09/2022 7:52:32 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: artichokegrower

Who’s going to put in the credit/debit card for the dying druggie?


33 posted on 01/09/2022 11:14:59 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Has anyone noticed the complete breakdown in quality of life and basic services in big cities?

Of course. They are all run by Democrats.


34 posted on 01/10/2022 3:28:48 AM PST by Paperpusher
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To: artichokegrower

Meanwhile...

https://sla.ny.gov/governor-will-propose-legislation-permanently-allow-drinks-go-1

Great. Just great.


35 posted on 01/10/2022 3:56:26 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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