
content of the articleĪ fourth MySafe machine in Victoria serves 30 people. This ad has not yet loaded, but your article continues below. Three vending machines, first installed as part of a pilot program in 2019, distribute daily doses of the pharmaceutical alternative to Vancouver patients, who identify the machines using a biometric scan of the vein patterns in their palms. Last week, Global News reported allegations by the director of a New Westminster convalescent center that teenagers were taking public transport downtown to get their hands on MySafe’s prescription hydromorphone. “It is becoming increasingly clear that young people also need support and safer access.” “We need to look at the bigger picture here and acknowledge why and what youth are doing to avoid dying from the supply of toxic drugs,” MySafe said in a statement. The next issue of Canuck’s Report will be in your inbox shortly. If you don’t see it, please check your junk folder. Postmedia Network Inc | 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 41 Thanks for registering!Ī welcome email is on the way. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, repeat Canucks.īy clicking the subscribe button, you agree to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

Sign up to receive The Canucks Report newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox at the start of each series. But the organization and its supporters say it’s important to keep in mind what these machines are meant to do - prevent people in British Columbia from dying of tainted, illegal opioids.
