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• Dedicated teams to provide drug poisoning prevention and response in downtown Edmonton

  Operated by Boyle Street, the goal is for team members to provide drug poisoning prevention and response throughout the downtown pedway system and surrounding streets.

  Health

  May 31
  
• ID still mandatory at supervised drug-use sites: Supreme Court of Canada

  The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an injunction application that has already been dismissed in two Alberta courts to pull back the new rule amid an ongoing lawsuit.

  Health

  Apr 7
  
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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
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• Illicit drug deaths in July second highest month ever, says B.C. coroner

  A new report from British Columbia's coroner says suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in July were the second-highest ever recorded in a single month in the province.

  Health

  Sep 29, 2021
• The other health crisis parents say must be treated as urgently as COVID-19

  Toxic drug overdoses have gotten worse since the pandemic began. A group of parents want governments to treat the crisis as urgently as COVID-19.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2021
• ‘It’s horrific’: Interior Health sees record-breaking number of drug deaths in October

  Thirty-one people died, the equivalent of one person each day.

  Nov 26, 2020
• 5 people a day in B.C. died from an overdose, latest numbers show

  According to the BC Coroners Service, there have been 1,386 illicit drug deaths in B.C. this year.

  Health

  Nov 25, 2020
• Illicit drug deaths in B.C. higher than homicides, car crashes, suicide, COVID-19 combined: report

  The province said 909 drug deaths have been recorded in 2020, including 175 in July.

  Health

  Aug 25, 2020
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• Major spike in overdose deaths in Interior Health region amid COVID-19 pandemic

  Health officials say the drug supply is becoming increasingly unpredictable and highly toxic due to border closures and travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Jun 11, 2020
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• 3 drug-related deaths in last 48 hours in Peterborough: health unit

  There were 30 drug-related deaths in the City of Peterborough in 2019. Just five months into 2020, there have already been 15.

  Crime

  May 27, 2020