Canada’s fix to the opioid crisis: Vending machines that distribute prescription opioids to addicts

Among their many differences, Canada and the United States share a common crisis: opioid overdoses. Drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, killing more people than the AIDS epidemic at its peak. More than 42,000 Americans died of opioid-related causes in 2016, and the crisis shows no signs of […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/01/24/the-canadian-fix-to-the-opioid-crisis-a-vending-machine-that-distributes-prescription-opioids-to-addicts/