At first when I heard this yesterday. I was sure it was a joke, but found the original source (Free vending machines for illegal drug usage in NY)…
The Brooklyn vending machine is the latest tool to reduce stigma and barriers to services in the fight to reduce the number of overdose deaths by 2025
Items available for free include naloxone, safer-sex kits and toiletries.
June 5, 2023 — The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has unveiled the city’s first public health vending machine, hosted by Services for the Underserved (S:US), to promote 24/7 access to lifesaving harm reduction supplies conveniently and anonymously to meet a goal outlined in the mental health plan.
Public health vending machines are an innovative, low-barrier strategy to reduce stigma and reach New Yorkers who may not already be connected to harm reduction services. Similar machines in the United States, Europe, and Australia have demonstrated success at reducing rates of overdose and infectious disease.
In 2017 I talked about how bad it was getting in the USA and EU with drugs, below article link, I was attacked terribly by people from the USA and EU at that time…
Strange how so many do not see “Opium Wars” have never ended…
Well vindication is not sweet for me…
WtR