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Narcan Machines and BBQ Blues: Letters to the Editor June 7, 2023

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New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan today unveiled a pilot program to place vending machines containing harm-reduction materials at the corner of Decatur Street and Broadway in Bushwick. Naloxone (for heroin overdoses) is one of the products people can get, as are nicotine gum and condoms. The machine will be operated by a non-profit organization called Services for the Underserved.

Opinion From Publish Readers June 6, 2023 | 21:20 New York City has released vending machines that produce pharmaceuticals. Getty Images The problem: the city’s decision to put drug paraphernalia in free vending machines. Now they were setting up mobile vending machines that handed out free pharmaceuticals to addicts (this is the sale, June 6th)? … Read more