A man waits to enter the Safeworks supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre in Calgary, Alta. on Aug. 26, 2021.
The number of opioid-related overdose deaths in Alberta continues to trend down, dropping to a new low not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.A man waits to enter the Safeworks supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre in Calgary in this file photo from 2021. The number of opioid-related overdose deaths in Alberta continues to trend down, dropping to a new low not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of 431 opioid-related overdose deaths were reported between January and May of this year, down from the same timeframe last year when 788 died of the same cause. There has also been an uptick in people using opiate agonist treatment, a method of treatment that helps reduce drug-related harms while supporting long-term recovery.
On Friday, it announced that Recovery Alberta, a new agency dedicated to mental health and addictions, will launch in September."Will that impact the overall mortality that we're seeing? It's hard to say."In a statement, Janet Eremenko, Alberta NDP critic for mental health and addictions criticized the move, saying the province is regressing in its attempt to deal with addictions issues.
Based on some of the numbers from the latest data issued, Ghosh said it wouldn't be surprising to see an increase in opioid overdose related deaths over the next few months.
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