According to the province's substance use surveillance system, 161 people died from toxic drugs in July 2023.
FILE - A vial containing 2mg of fentanyl, which will kill a human if ingested into the body, is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 9, 2016. More than 1,100 people died from toxic drugs in Alberta this year, much higher than pre-pandemic numbers in the same time period. .According to the province’s substance use surveillance system, 161 people died from toxic drugs in July 2023.
However, the fatality rate is highest in the South Zone, which saw 101.2 deaths per 100,000 people in July. Edmonton recorded 49.3 deaths per 100,000 people in July, while Calgary recorded 34.6 deaths per 100,000 the same month.Global News reached out to Alberta’s Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions with a request for comment.
“This overemphasis on treatment is actually narrowing the scope of services and program at a point where we need to be expanding it significantly,” Eremenko told Global News. “So many deaths that get listed as unknown or unsolved that have to be investigated further. I think that will really impact that number.”suggests abstinence-based programs often utilize shame and stigmatization to coerce adolescents to abstain from drug use. This concept, along with zero-tolerance policies, removes adolescents from their communities rather than providing them with proper resources and support.“I’ve been in rehab several times.
In Calgary, there is only one safe injection site for the entire city. That safe injection site is not equipped to help drug users who choose to inhale their drugs instead, English said. British Columbia is the first province to pilot a three-year drug criminalization project, which allows adults to possess 2.5 grams of cocaine, heroin, MDMA and methamphetamine without arrest or confiscation.
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