Montreal's public health authority says the city saw a record number of non-fatal overdoses in the last year.
New data published this morning shows there were 708 emergency interventions in overdose cases at supervised drug-use facilities between August 2022 and July 2023.
Officials also tallied 547 cases in which first responders administered naloxone, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses. The authority says there were 175 suspected overdose deaths in Montreal, including the city's on-island suburbs, over the same period. Montreal public health is advocating for more supervised drug-use sites as a way to address the growing number of overdoses.
But Jean-François Mary, director of supervised drug-use site CACTUS, says that while such centres can save lives, they aren't a solution to the overdose crisis.Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version reported that Jean-François Mary, director of supervised drug-use site CACTUS, said the city saw a record number of drug-related deaths in the last year.
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