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Kanada/British Columbia. Drug-vending machine pitched to cut overdose deaths
Kanada/British Columbia. Drug-vending machine pitched to cut overdose deaths
A vending machine that distributes hydromorphone pills to people with opioid addictions — who will likely crush and inject them — is one idea being explored in a pilot project to curb overdose deaths.
“Right now, we’re asking people to go to an alley to buy drugs that are likely poisoned [with fentanyl],” said project leader Dr. Mark Tyndall from B.C.’s Centre for Disease Control, at the South Island Community Overdose Response Network symposium at Victoria City Hall this past week.
“What I’m proposing is not nearly as crazy. We need to blanket the province with an opportunity to get safer drugs.” (Times Colonist, 19.12.2017)