Edmonton bearing brunt of Alberta opioid overdoses so far this year
CBC
The Alberta government has expanded an overdose prevention app to include users in Edmonton as the province is poised to mark a record number of opioid overdose deaths this year.
The government is also looking for a Strathcona-area location for south Edmonton's first supervised consumption site. It has yet to determine a timeline or a location.
The moves come as the rate of deadly opioid poisonings in the capital city are on a disturbing climb.
"The numbers are people," said Angela Welz, a board member with the organization Moms Stop the Harm. "People who have families and people who are loved. And the families are left reeling after these losses."
Welz's daughter Zoe died of an overdose at age 18, nearly five years ago. In 2016, she was one of 553 Albertans who died of an opioid overdose.
In the first seven months of 2021, 821 Albertans died of opioid poisoning, according to new data from the Alberta substance use surveillance system.
People who use drugs in Edmonton have been hit even harder. The rate and number of deadly poisonings in the city has risen every month since February.
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