{"id":34923,"date":"2021-01-26T17:56:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T22:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=34923"},"modified":"2022-10-25T13:08:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T17:08:05","slug":"united-church-prepares-for-arrival-of-harm-reduction-vending-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/united-church-prepares-for-arrival-of-harm-reduction-vending-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"United Church prepares for arrival of harm reduction &#8216;vending machine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An interactive dispensing machine, more commonly referred to as a harm reduction \u201cvending machine,\u201d is on its way to Sackville.<\/p>\n<p>An interactive dispensing machine sits in a public area and dispenses items such as unused needles, sanitary supplies, or a snack. The machine also contains information about local harm reduction services, such as a needle disposal site or recovery programs.<\/p>\n<p>The project, headed by Ensemble Moncton with Sackville liaison Ashley Legere, is nearly ready to launch.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer tradespeople may have been seen by the United Church recently, installing the door that will allow access to the machine at all hours of the day or night.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one small hitch, and that has to do with the post office. With the red phase of restrictions underway, the machine\u2019s parts are taking longer to ship from British Columbia.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-34923-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AUDIO-WARREN.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AUDIO-WARREN.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AUDIO-WARREN.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Warren is hopeful that Ensemble\u2019s community sharps containers project will come together around the same time as the machine is assembled.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, be sure to check out CHMA\u2019s \u201cHow to dispose of used needles\u201d piece to learn how to pick up needles without a sharps container handy.<\/p>\n<p>The interactive dispensing service is being shipped in pieces, to be assembled in the United Church at 110 Main St.<\/p>\n<p>Expect to hear about the launch from CHMA in mid-February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interactive dispensing machine, more commonly referred to as a harm reduction \u201cvending machine,\u201d is on its way to Sackville. An interactive dispensing machine sits in a public area and dispenses items such as unused needles, sanitary supplies, or a snack. The machine also contains information about local harm reduction services, such as a needle&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":34921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,223],"tags":[680,5377,5376,1048,982],"radio":[227],"origine":[274,275,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123339,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34923\/revisions\/123339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34923"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=34923"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=34923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}