Brooklyn Sanitary Installs First Vending Machine for Naloxone and Safe Drug Use Products Amid Controversy

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Thank you for this candidacy.aylen: well, let’s see, themonths and weeks will markthe pause, thanks for being withwe in univision news24/7.Vanessa: Thank you, good night.aylen: let’s changeradically off topic, let’stalk about the authoritiesBrooklyn Sanitary who havemade this decision on avery special initiative.reporter: claudia cardosoexperienced the damage caused bydrugs through someoneclose and that’s why he says nosupport the installation offirst vending machinenaloxone in new york.claudia: there are people who don’the is interested because he has not beenthey better need that contactdirectly.reporter: the device wasinstalled by departmentneighborhood healthbrooklyn.>> I think there are a lot of peopledrugged.reporter: other products thatthere are in the machine are tampons,condoms and pipes so thatsmoke safely and beprevent the transmission ofdiseases like hiv andhepatitis.according to the health department,the machine costs $11,000 andfor users to getthe product simply haveto use your zip code.while some believe thatcan bring crime to the area.>> because there are a lot of people aroundhere addicted, have to be alittle more restricted.♪[música]♪