Alberta Opioids

• Alberta set new high for opioid deaths in 2023

  Alberta's latest substance use numbers show the province had its highest opioid-related death totals on record in 2023, with 1,867 deaths.

  Health

  May 20, 2024
  
• Edmontonians remember loved ones on International Overdose Awareness Day

  Organizations like Moms Stop the Harm advocate for harm reduction strategies while the provincial government focuses on a treatment-first approach.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2023
  
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• Another record-breaking week of overdoses, ambulance trips in Alberta

  Drug overdoses requiring an ambulance have hit a new high, and a harm reduction advocate is pushing for changes to the province's recovery-centred approach to addiction.

  Health

  Jul 6, 2023
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• 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
• Front-line workers warn of drug overdoses rising on and off Alberta streets

  Ray Corbiere's son Joshua was 25 years old when he entered a residential drug treatment facility east of Edmonton. Joshua died within 24 hours of checking in.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2022
• Edmonton doctors call on UCP to release timely opioid poisoning data

  According to a group of Edmonton doctors, the data it receives from the government is delayed, making it harder to respond to the ongoing opioid crisis.

  Health

  Feb 7, 2022
• Alberta doctors call for more drug use sites to reduce strain on acute care resources

  Members of the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association's opioid poisoning committee have penned a letter calling for emergency action to address the drug poisoning crisis.

  Health

  Sep 24, 2021
• New report illustrates how the opioid crisis is impacting young people in Alberta

  According to a new report by the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta, 95 people under the age of 25 died due to accidental opioid poisoning last year. 

  Health

  Jun 17, 2021
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• Wood Buffalo Mountie, Janvier resident hospitalized after suspected laced drug exposure overdoses

  RCMP are issuing a warning about laced drugs in the Wood Buffalo area after three people, including a Mountie, were taken to hospital Friday night for suspected exposure overdoses.

  Crime

  May 18, 2020
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• Opioid epidemic: Number of newborns experiencing withdrawal symptoms rises in Alberta

  Alberta Health Services said that between 2013 and 2017, the number of newborns exposed to opioids during pregnancy jumped 75 per cent.

  Health

  Dec 27, 2018