Health minister Pauline Frost says most of the deaths are linked to opioids as street drugs become more toxic because of a disruption of the regular supply during the pandemic
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Yukon’s health minister says 13 people fatally overdosed between January and mid-July, more than double the number for all of last year.
Frost says the territory will expand drug testing capacity and provide drug users with kits for crack cocaine and injection use as well as methamphetamine pipes as part of its harm-reduction approach.She says enhanced training for use of naloxone, a medication to reverse overdoses, will begin next week in Watson Lake.
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