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…
Read More“If Narcan doesn’t work, give more” and other myths about naloxone use
If you are giving naloxone (Narcan) to a patient who is experiencing an apparent opioid overdose and it doesn’t seem to be working, should you give more? Not necessarily, according to Kelly Ramsey, MD, MPH, chief of medical services at the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports in Albany. Adding a second dose of naloxone because it “can’t hurt” is just one of many myths surrounding the overdose drug, Ramsey saidwho is also a board member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine but did not speak…
Read MoreXylazine, or “tranq,” that makes fentanyl even more lethal is hitting the streets of Chicago, and Narcan won’t save those who use it
GARFIELD PARK Fentanyl’s death surge in Chicago has begun to slow, but the rise of another drug, xylazine, has officials worried that opioid deaths could skyrocket again. Chicago had the most fentanyl-related deaths in 2022, with the drug largely responsible for a spate of fatal opioid overdoses in recent years linked to 1,307 deaths in the city last year, up from 1,289 in 2021, according to doctors Cook County Lawyers Office. Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed during the pandemic, leading to a record 2022 number, but that rise is starting to…
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