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Alberta Q2 Opioid Reporting fresh off the press!
As previously noted by @ehyshka, this quarter demonstrates an increase in fentanyl-related overdose compared to Q1 2019.
#AbLeg #ABpoli
open.alberta.ca/dataset/f4b74c…
As previously noted by @ehyshka, this quarter demonstrates an increase in fentanyl-related overdose compared to Q1 2019.
#AbLeg #ABpoli
open.alberta.ca/dataset/f4b74c…
This is one of many reasons why it’s important to avoid overgeneralizing from a single data point—overdose deaths occur in ebbs and flows.
Sometimes a single bad batch can make the difference between a low point vs a surge in deaths.
Sometimes a single bad batch can make the difference between a low point vs a surge in deaths.
Opioid related overdose deaths in the province related to fentanyl—important to note we are STILL in CRISIS. We are STILL LOSING 2 people everyday.
We are not doing enough to protect the vulnerable.
A reminder that there are still three communities waiting for SCS funding.
We are not doing enough to protect the vulnerable.
A reminder that there are still three communities waiting for SCS funding.
Yet we continue to see a drop in non-fentanyl related overdose deaths.
What does this mean?
1) the well is poisoned
2) we need a #safesupply now
What does this mean?
1) the well is poisoned
2) we need a #safesupply now
Since January 1, 2016 we have lost 1,871 Albertans to fentanyl-related #overdose.
These are the people we love and care for—yet we are awaiting the results of an arbitrary review panel!
These deaths are preventable; and our politicians must be held accountable.
@jasonluan88
These are the people we love and care for—yet we are awaiting the results of an arbitrary review panel!
These deaths are preventable; and our politicians must be held accountable.
@jasonluan88
And a reminder that our youth are becoming increasingly at-risk with this toxic drug supply; this should be a call to increase #naloxone availability and harm reduction education in schools.
google.ca/amp/s/globalne…
google.ca/amp/s/globalne…
Yet we have an Associate Minister who will go as far as suggesting #naloxone creates a false sense of security for our youth.
google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.…
google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.…
In closing, said best by @ehyshka:
‘Now is not the time to be pausing or scaling back core public health strategies like supervised consumption services (which responded to over 801 overdoses b/w April and June this year).’
‘Now is not the time to be pausing or scaling back core public health strategies like supervised consumption services (which responded to over 801 overdoses b/w April and June this year).’
