Doctors and advocates are distributing information for N.W.T. wildfire evacuees, telling them where to access opioid agonist therapies in Alberta. Amid the toxic drug crisis, they fear stigma and a lack of information could increase drug poisonings and deaths.
across Canada last year, experts and advocates fear displacement due to wildfires could lead to more toxic drug poisonings and deaths.Colizza and her colleagues began putting together information for the fliers as soon as they heard evacuees would be arriving in Alberta. The goal is to make it easier for people to access care when they do not have an Alberta health plan and physicians cannot access their health records.
"During stressful situations, we go back to what we know will make us feel better," said Schulz. "There's a high risk of even people who haven't used substances [for a long time] using again."DurationHigh Level, Alta., is scrambling to take in droves of N.W.T. residents ordered to leave Yellowknife and other communities as dangerous wildfires approach. Calgary is also bracing to receive as many as 5,000 people.
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