{"id":799,"date":"2021-10-21T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/?p=799"},"modified":"2021-10-21T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:19:08","slug":"kentucky-toll-bridge-to-feature-syringe-exchange-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/business\/kentucky-toll-bridge-to-feature-syringe-exchange-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky toll bridge to feature syringe exchange lane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>COVINGTON, KY<\/strong> &#8211; The Kentucky Department of Transportation in association with the Kentucky Department of Health has announced a new plan for an I-75 toll bridge. The bridge will feature modern toll collection methods as well as a lane dedicated to syringe exchanges.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis bridge is gonna be a beaut!\u201d said KY Transportation executive Grady Whittmore. \u201cShiny metal, nice looking concrete stuff, brightly painted lane markers&#8230;and best of all, a lane dedicated for junkies to drop off their old syringes and pick up some new ones. We\u2019re gonna be the envy of the nation!\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The syringe exchange lane will address the problem in the Cincinnati area of a lack of places for intravenous drug users to obtain clean syringes. Mobile units that sought to provide such a service have been kicked out of several Cincinnati area neighborhoods. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want them in our neighborhood,\u201d said Norwood administrator Kerry Thompson. \u201cNeighbors complained that the mobile vans were an eyesore, and that they took up valuable space in parking lots where residents liked to smoke crack.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining lanes of the bridge will operate as a normal toll bridge. Though the uniqueness of the area has led to some exclusive features. \u201cThere will be methods of payment other than cash,\u201d said Whittmore. \u201cThe toll to get into Kentucky can also be paid using live or recently killed chickens, food stamps, or verified coupons for methamphetamine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVINGTON, KY &#8211; The Kentucky Department of Transportation in association with the Kentucky Department of Health has announced a new plan for an I-75 toll bridge. 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