New York City unveils crack pipe vending machines, but it was empty after the first day. However, Elan Quashie, the Opioid Overdose Program Director at Services for the Under Served, said they will restock it every day.
New York City's first public health vending machine giving out free crack pipes, condoms and Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug, was already empty less than 24 hours after being unveiled by officials.
But eager city officials determined to keep residents in rich supply of clean drug apparatus were quick to revisit the site on Tuesday afternoon with more.
Elan Quashie, the Opioid Overdose Program Director at Services for the Under Served, said: ‘We’re going to restock every day. Probably multiple times a day.’
He said he was not surprised that the items were taken so quickly, adding: ‘I kind of knew that they would go.’
He restocked five trays of Naloxone and two trays of fentanyl-testing kits - and said he will be returning later to refill the mac...