Luan said there are numerous supports in place in the province, right now, in the wake of a new quarterly report that has some questioning whether or not the government’s approach is working. There were two consecutive quarters, prior to last week’s second-quarter report, showing a decline in opioid deaths in Alberta.Article content continued
This is reflected in other figures: 86 per cent of those following methadone treatment programs stuck with it in March; by April, it dropped to 52.6 per cent, and then climbed back up to 86 per cent by June. The report notes that there was a major decrease in accessing in-person treatment between March and April in the pandemic.Luan pointed to multiple measures that are still underway: clean needles, naloxone kits, overdose prevention sites, peer support groups, and so on.
And, unlike in British Columbia, Alberta has eschewed providing a safer drug supply. The provincial government has argued there really isn’t such a thing as a “safer drug supply.” Instead, Luan and his government has been championing a “continuum of care” to get addicts into recovery.
Covid 19 is a total fraud , it’s just another version of the flu virus and the governments will never admit it
603 died in 2019, so this number is relatively in line with historical. It’s terrible people are dying this way, but to compare against COVID deaths is irresponsible.
OldsFashndRLTR Talk about VANCOUVER' LAY OFF ALBERYA
99freemind There should be a number for all deaths resulting from this plandemic, such as deaths from delayed operations, suicides, etc.
9M CERB claims. 3.5M unemployed, not all of which qualify. I’m not a mathematician but I can tell you that supplying opioids on top of free tax payer money as a remedy isn’t going to flatten that curve.
MarissaNovetsky Presentation is everything
WOW. Shut down an entire province bc 261 died. You people are brain dead.
freetheJays Tell that to Dougie in Ontario as he is out of touch with reality.
Add the suicides!!!
unspinthespin Let me fix that for you: In Alberta, 8 people have died from COVID-19 this year; the other 242 have died of their other serious illnesses and just happened to have COVID-19, provided you believe in the completely inaccurate PCR test. In just 6 months, 449 have died from opioid
A drug and alcohol addiction worker told me the opioid deaths spiked the day the CERB payment arrived. So did the shut down kill a lot of these people at risk? I think it did.
99freemind and the government gives zero shits about opioid overdoses, except to blame junkies and doctors for what Big pharma does.
BajoMan73 Covid is a lie.. A scam, a farse.
Berniceness Died from COVID-19,with it,or with something else and was fraudulently listed as 'COVID-19?' I heard of several families who had that problem.
To the stupid ass comments that opioidcrisis overdoses are a choice and Covid is not: The dictatorial gov's are making a choice to lock down healthy young ppl with a 99.997% chance of Covid survival - with od spikes proven commensurate with the lockdowns and Trudeau's CERB $
Getting a $2000 a month CERB payment every month is as good as it gets if your an opioid attic. You could make the argument at least some of these overdoses are caused by COVID
99freemind Should the 261 deaths be multiplied x 6%? 261 x 0.06 = 15.66 That's how we do it in the US
Finally we talk about a real problem that we have in society. All the commenters stating opiods being a choice, please remember that opiods was pushed as a typical pain reliever that was prescribed by doctors. Anyone can get hooked very easily. It knows no bounds.
Opioid use and overuse isn't spread by air. Masks don't protect you from being an addict. No one consciously tries to get COVID. Get your priorities straight
Okay, I know first hand many people were first introduced these opioids from their doctors. Later, they were hooked, my mother included. She talked with her doctor and she switched pain meds. The government needs to be better with specialized facilities for free Rehabilitation
In typical right-wing style, these statements miss the point COMPLETELY & serve a false narrative. Deaths are tragic in both circumstances. In one, a person engages in activity & knows risks. In the other, even minding your own business can kill you by acts of mindless asses.
Opioid is by choice and not Covid. What a dumb argument
Harm reduction increases death?
Both imported from CHINA
Opioid overdose is a choice. Contracting and dying from Covid 19 is not.
In other words, great effort by everyone in dampening the pandemic? Well, then make that statement, period...
Real news Real True
Lock it down!!!
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