Drug overdose kits not allowed at Calgary festival, despite urging from AHS
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Drug overdose kits not allowed at Calgary festival, despite urging from AHS
Description
August 3, 2017
Thu, Aug 3: Drug overdose kits will not be allowed at the 2017 Chasing Summer Music Festival. Health officials had asked that naxolone kits be allowed and encouraged in order to reduce the risk of drug overdose, but as Heather Yourex-West reports, festival organizers have said, “No.”
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Drug overdose kits not allowed at Calgary festival, despite urging from AHS01:54 | August 3, 2017 -
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Drug overdose kits not allowed at Calgary festival, despite urging from AHS01:54 | August 3, 2017
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Drug overdose kits not allowed at Calgary festival, despite urging from AHS
Description
August 3, 2017
Thu, Aug 3: Drug overdose kits will not be allowed at the 2017 Chasing Summer Music Festival. Health officials had asked that naxolone kits be allowed and encouraged in order to reduce the risk of drug overdose, but as Heather Yourex-West reports, festival organizers have said, “No.”
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