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Michigan Harm Reduction Summit
2021 Virtual Michigan Harm Reduction Summit
The 2021 Virtual Michigan Harm Reduction Summit was held from August 23rd – August 27th, 2021. Dr. Mark Tyndall presented on the first day.
Canada’s Safe-Supply Vending Machines Project Is Even More Important Now
BY MATTHEW BONN MAY 5, 2020 Due to the drastic increase in opioid–involved overdoses, British Columbia declared a public health emergency in 2016. Fentanyl was in town, contributing to thousands of deaths. The nationwide overdose crisis...
Could an opioid vending machine from Dartmouth make street drug users safer during COVID-19 pandemic?
Andrew BethunePublished: Apr 16, 2020 at 2:30 p.m.Updated: Apr 17, 2020 at 9:54 a.m.FacebookTwitterMore4 A client using one of the MySafe machines in Vancouver. It’s hoped that expanding the program to the East Coast could replace risky street drugs with safe,...
Coronavirus prompts Canada to roll out safe drugs for street users
By Tessa Vikander VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada’s Pacific province of British Columbia was already battling an opioid epidemic when the new coronavirus hit, compounding the threat to drug users, many of whom are homeless and particularly vulnerable during the...
Vancouver’s drug-dispensing machine: Why it exists and how it works
Canada's first automated machine that dispenses opioids to high-risk users is up and running Bridgette Watson · CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2020 1:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 17, 2020 MySafe founder and infectious disease doctor Mark Tyndall...
Vancouver Is Using A Vending Machine For Drugs & It’s The Only One In The World
It dispenses only to registered opioid users. Kevin Jiang Published January 19 2020MySafe | Vimeo Vitalii Turchyn | Dreamstime Vancouver has installed the world's first vending machine that dispenses opioids. The city is suffering from thousands of overdose-related...
Drug-dispensing machine model should be expanded to fight overdoses: B.C. doctor
MySafe scheme for addicts aims to help reduce overdose deaths in Canadian city The Canadian Press, Camille Bains, :Jan 22, 2020 • January 22, 2020 VANCOUVER — Don Durban holds his palm up to a screen on a tall steel box akin to a vending machine crossed with an ATM...
THE GUARDIAN: Opioid vending machine opens in Vancouver
MySafe scheme for addicts aims to help reduce overdose deaths in Canadian city Don Durban, a social worker, described the opioid vending machine as a ‘godsend’. Photograph: William Turvill A vending machine for powerful opioids has opened in Canada as...
VICE: A Vending Machine in Canada Is Dispensing a Drug Twice as Strong as Heroin
Hydromorphone, aka "Dilly," is now available to people who aren't ready or able to quit opioids. By Maia Szalavitz 10.2.20 When he heard about Mark Tyndall’s plan to offer the opioid hydromorphone to people with addictions via a vending machine, Henry Fester wanted...
BLOOMBERG: Opioid vending machine opens in Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada is experimenting with vending machines to prevent opioid overdoses. Here's how it works (Source: QuickTake)January 24th, 2020, 1:58 PM PST