A year after his son overdosed, a Montreal father feels more prevention work is needed
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New data shows opioid-related deaths and hospitalizations are down in Canada, but provincial data paints a different picture. In Quebec, drug related deaths jumped 30 per cent in the first half of 2024, according to the public health institute (INSPQ).
New data shows opioid-related deaths and hospitalizations are down in Canada, but provincial data paints a different picture.
In Quebec, drug related deaths jumped 30 per cent in the first half of 2024, according to the public health institute (INSPQ).
Christian Boivin lost his 15-year-old son, Mathis, to an overdose in December of 2023 and he says not enough is being done to prevent overdoses.
“We think about Mathis all the time, all the time,” he said. “Even if it's more than a year now, it's like yesterday for us.”
Mathis overdosed on Nitazene, a synthetic opioid five times stronger than fentanyl.
His father fears that illicit drugs are increasingly potent.
“It's more dangerous than before, and it's going to continue to go like this,” said Boivin.
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