Alberta Opioid

• Group of doctors makes opioid crisis policy recommendations to Alberta government

  How do you tackle a deadly and ongoing poisoning crisis? A group of Edmonton-area doctors has a few ideas and so too does the provincial government.

  Health

  Apr 7, 2022
  
• Alberta’s drug crisis continues with 160 deaths in January 2022: government data

  The vast majority of deaths were opioid-related and took place in Calgary and Edmonton, however the city with the highest rate of overdose deaths was Lethbridge.

  Health

  Apr 1, 2022
  
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• Edmonton doctors look to engage teens in education around opioid crisis

  A group of doctors is holding a competition for Alberta teens to portray how opioid poisonings are impacting young people in the province.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2022
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• Calgary father loses son to overdose, says police declined to take evidence

  A Calgary father grieving the death of his son was shocked when police declined to take evidence he believed could lead to an arrest.

  Oct 14, 2019
• Men made up 77% of the 653 opioid deaths in Alberta in 2017: report

  "We found out that over three-quarters of people who died had stable residences," said Dr. Deena Hinshaw. "It's not the necessarily the picture of opioid deaths that some people might have in their head."

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2019
• Blood Tribe marks opening of new detox centre

  A southern Alberta community that's been hit hard by the opioid crisis is now home to a new detox centre.

  Health

  Jan 14, 2019
• Alberta child advocate releases info about 12 youth opioid-linked deaths

  The province has released its latest investigative review on the opioid-related deaths of 12 young people.

  Health

  Jun 26, 2018
• New tool designed to increase opioid dependency care options in Alberta

  Frontline health-care workers treating patients with opioid dependency will soon have a new tool that is designed to boost care options.

  Health

  Aug 3, 2017