Edmonton Opioid

• Boyle Street responding to more overdoses in central Edmonton

  The increase in overdoses could be because the patients are generally in poorer health, or are using in more secluded areas, according to Boyle Street's health services director.

  Health

  Jun 5, 2023
  
• Edmonton city employees not allowed to administer naloxone on the job

  An Edmonton policy means most city staff, many of whom work at buildings downtown in the epicenter of Edmonton’s opioid crisis, cannot administer life-saving Naloxone on the job.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2022
  
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• Experts explore multitude of strategies to curb opioid poisoning crisis

  It's been a deadly year for opioid poisonings in Alberta, and some experts say it's time to bring in new tool, and revisit old ones, to combat the crisis.

  Health

  Dec 28, 2021
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• 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