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This includes 286 opioid events in May alone, a monthly record high across Alberta, according to the province’s substance use surveillance data. And the crisis hasn’t gotten any better in recent weeks.
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Opioid-related emergency calls in Edmonton spike to new provincial high, first responders attended 1,014 calls in first five months of 2021 Back to video
First responders attended 139 opioid-related calls in the city last week alone, Alberta Health Services spokesman James Wood said in a Wednesday statement to Postmedia. A dangerous drug supply and the extended warm weather that took hold over the city could be contributing factors to an increase in overdoses, Wood said.