{"id":1945359,"date":"2023-06-06T12:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-democrats-unveil-crack-pipe-vending-machine\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T12:47:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:47:38","slug":"nyc-democrats-unveil-crack-pipe-vending-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-democrats-unveil-crack-pipe-vending-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Dems reveal vending machine for crack pipes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-democrats-unveil-crack-pipe-vending-machine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1945359&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>New York City Democrats Deploy Vending Machines to Combat Drug Overdoses<\/h2>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEvery three hours, we\u2019re losing a New Yorker [to drugs],\u201d said Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. \u201cAnd it looks like 2022 is on track to be our highest year ever in overdoses.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>New York City is taking a bold step in the fight against drug overdoses by deploying vending machines that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-democrats-unveil-crack-pipe-vending-machine\/\" title=\"NYC Dems reveal vending machine for crack pipes.\">dispense free drug paraphernalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-pass-government-funding-bill-hits-gop-roadblocks-in-the-senate\/\" title=\"Must-Pass Government Funding Bill Hits GOP Roadblocks In The Senate\">including crack pipes<\/a>, Narcan, drug-test strips, &#8220;safe-smoking&#8221; pipes, condoms, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-surprising-items-are-covered-by-your-fsa\/\" title=\"These Surprising Items Are Covered By Your FSA\">nicotine gum<\/a>, lip balm, and tampons. The machines will be placed in the city&#8217;s worst neighborhoods for drug use, and users can simply enter their zip code to receive the items for free.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s in the Vending Machines?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Narcan and drug-test strips<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Safe-smoking&#8221; pipes<\/li>\n<li>Condoms<\/li>\n<li>Nicotine gum<\/li>\n<li>Lip balm<\/li>\n<li>Tampons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The vending machines will also have &#8220;safer sniffing&#8221; and &#8220;safer smoking&#8221; kits. Health officials hope that by providing these items for free, they can reduce the spread of diseases like HIV and hepatitis C, as well as prevent overdoses.<\/p>\n<p>New York City saw 2,668 drug deaths in 2021, and officials expect 2022 to break the previous record. By providing free drug paraphernalia and other items, the city hopes to reduce the number of deaths and improve the health of its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Democrats will place vending machines in the city&#8217;s worst drug use areas to dispense drug paraphernalia, including crack pipes. The machines will also contain Narcan, drug-test strips, condoms, nicotine gum, lip balm, and tampons. Health commissioner Ashwin Vasan revealed the first machine this week, with three more to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1945360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7271,3933,6954,7332,10977,5937,28418],"class_list":["post-1945359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-crack","tag-dems","tag-machine","tag-nyc","tag-pipes","tag-reveal","tag-vending"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1945360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}