Opioid vending machine opens in Vancouver
by William Turvill in Vancouver from Science | The Guardian on (#4ZFTQ)
MySafe scheme for addicts aims to help reduce overdose deaths in Canadian city
A vending machine for powerful opioids has opened in Canada as part of a project to help fight the Canadian city's overdose crisis.
The MySafe project, which resembles a cash machine, gives addicts access to a prescribed amount of medical quality hydromorphone, a drug about twice as powerful as heroin.
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