Colleen LaRocque says a fentanyl test strip might have saved her son's life. He died from a fentanyl overdose in August 2020 after doing cocaine laced with fentanyl at a party. Other grieving families also share what they think could save some lives.
The executive director of a safe consumption site in Saskatoon says all drugs being tested by users are coming back positive for fentanyl. But treatment beds and drug testing strips are among the supports that are difficult to access in rural Saskatchewan.
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Before Mitchell Sveinbjornson became one of the numbers, he was a loving father with a well-paying job in a small Saskatchewan town.
He is one of 397 people believed to have died of an overdose in 2020, according to the latest report from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service that indicates the number of fatalities may have doubled since 2018.
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Sveinbjornson’s mother Colleen LaRocque said she wants him to be remembered as more than a person who used drugs, as more than a statistic, and as a reminder that overdose can affected anyone, anywhere.
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Before Mitchell Sveinbjornson became one of the numbers, he was a loving father with a well-paying job in a small Saskatchewan town.
He is one of 397 people believed to have died of an overdose in 2020, according to the latest report from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service that indicates the number of fatalities may have doubled since 2018.
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Try refreshing your browser. A record year of overdose deaths in Sask. leaves untold tragedy Back to video
Sveinbjornson’s mother Colleen LaRocque said she wants him to be remembered as more than a person who used drugs, as more than a statistic, and as a reminder that overdose can affected anyone, anywhere.