While families remember loved ones lost to toxic drug overdoses, they question whether the province's new health agency called Recovery Alberta will be the change that is needed.
WATCH: Aug. 31 marked International Overdose Awareness Day . Following last year's record number of toxic drug poisoning deaths, many are gathering to remember loved ones.Aug. 31, the province launched its new health agency called Recovery Alberta on Sunday. The service will focus on deliveringAlberta Health Services will be reorganized into four different sectors operating within more defined parameters.
“We don’t really know fully how this is rolling out. The government hasn’t really consulted with the people most affected which are people using drugs, families and health-care providers,” Schulz explained to Global News.“They focus on addiction treatment – mostly abstinence-based addiction treatment – and that is not what the evidence shows works for most people.”
“We had some difficult situations in our family. We had some losses in our family that affected her,” Welz shared about losing her daughter. “We failed and the system failed her. My daughter did not deserve to die. She should have had access to drug treatment,” she added.
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