Alberta Overdose Deaths

• Alberta data reveals deadliest month for toxic drug fatalities in 7 years

  This is the first time the province updated its substance use surveillance system since January.

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  Jun 26, 2023
  
• Number of opioid deaths reported in Lethbridge increase in 2022: provincial data

  According to Alberta substance use surveillance data — which is publicly available online — 79 people died of unintentional opioid poisoning in Lethbridge last year.

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  Apr 14, 2023
  
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• 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.

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  Mar 17, 2022
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• COVID-19 pandemic having ‘stark effects’ on opioid-related deaths in Alberta

  The number of people who have died of opioid overdoses in Alberta between April and June this year is more than any three-month period recorded in the last four years.

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  Sep 23, 2020
• ‘Naloxone saves lives’: Drop in number of fentanyl-related deaths in Alberta

  A new report from the province shows that the number of fentanyl-related deaths has dropped in Alberta.

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  Dec 28, 2019