Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Matthew Konhauser
Publication Date: May 30, 2025 - 17:58
Harm-reduction vending machines aim to fill gap after Ontario closes supervised drug-use sites
May 30, 2025
In the former Bond Place Hotel in downtown Toronto, which is now a supportive housing building, a brightly decorated six-foot-tall vending machine is placed in the facility’s newly renovated lobby, ready to dispense items. Instead of confectionery or other snacks, it distributes life-saving supplies – naloxone, clean syringes, HIV testing kits, personal hygiene products – for free.
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The bot asked Adam five questions about his work experience. He was given exactly three minutes to answer each. “I had to prepare, focus and concentrate, repress my anxiety, and force a...
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