One funeral home reported the loss of 25 Blood Tribe members to overdose in the last six weeks, explained Band Coun. Dorothy First Rider.
During a Monday announcement, Chief Roy Fox highlighted the increase in opioid overdoses and deaths among Blood Tribe members and said decisions need to be made to reduce the ongoing harm.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“Some of the abandoned homes situated primarily in the townsites are being used for illegal drug purposes, and we will utilize our own revenues to renovate these houses so deserving homeless families can have houses to live in,” he said.Article content On April 2, the Blood Tribe released a drug alert that a “very poisonous batch of drugs” was in the community causing a spike in overdoses.
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