A woman demonstrates how the mySafe narcotic dispensing machine works

A woman demonstrates how the mySafe narcotic dispensing machine uses a palm-print ID at the Overdose Prevention Society as the local health unit has begun prescribing a “safe supply” of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to entice addicts and homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter

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