"Controversial Drug Vending Machines Spark Debate in NYC"
New vending machines that dispense free Narcan, drug-test strips, and "safe-smoking" pipes, among other items, have been unveiled by the city Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. The move is aimed at slowing or stopping the surge in overdose deaths and other grim side-effects of deep addiction. However, critics argue that it will normalize and feed the plague of addiction by pretending that "safe drug abuse" is a thing. The machines will be located in areas that already host needle-exchange and safe-injection sites, methadone clinics, smoke shops, and homeless shelters.