Dr. Mark Tyndall is an infectious disease physician, epidemiologist, and scientist. He was formerly the Director of the BC Centre for Disease Control and has led numerous research studies in public health. He is internationally recognized for his work in harm reduction and his current project is MySafe, a bio-metric machine that dispenses a safer supply of opioids to people at risk of a drug overdose.
See the links below for Dr. Tyndall's Ted Talk, and articles in WIRED Magazine and Newsweek
https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_tyndall_the_harm_reduction_model_of_drug_addiction_treatment?language=en
https://www.wired.com/story/one-doctors-answer-to-drug-deaths-opioid-vending-machines/
https://www.newsweek.com/vancouver-introduces-worlds-first-opioid-vending-machine-attempt-curb-overdose-deaths-1482867
