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)? Who is Mayor Adams kidding? I voted for him. God help us. Schellie HaganBrooklyn This isn’t April Fool’s Day, but the New York taxpayer is the butt of the joke here. Eleven thousand dollars for…
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New York Vending Machines cater to addicts with free crack pipes, lip balm and Narcan for the ODs
Meter From Jack Morphet AND Jorge Fitz-Gibbon June 5, 2023 | 2:21 pm Big Apple officials on Monday unveiled a street vending machine that has it all covered when it comes to catering to addicts, offering free practical paraphernalia like crack pipes and lip balm and even Narcan for overdoses. The vending machine, one of four to be located in some of the city’s most drug-infested neighborhoods, swaps what would be more typical offerings like candy bars and chips for drug-related freebies to try to combat the surge in overdoses…
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