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About 200 people braved the sweltering heat on Saturday to rally against the provincial government’s decision to close Calgary’s downtown supervised consumption site during an escalating overdose crisis.
In Central Memorial Park, located directly in front of the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre that houses the Safeworks drug-use site, speakers took turns sharing intimate, and at times somber stories, about the need for the service to stay.
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Ophelia, a client of the Beltline site, said staff at Safeworks are like “family” and are the reason she is still alive.
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Letter: No human lives are disposable
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In response to Kym Porter’s May 1 letter, “Overdose deaths a cause for great concern.”
Although I haven’t been personally affected by the addiction/overdose crisis, I still understand the callous politics involved with this most serious social issue: Just government talk about funding to make proper treatment available to low – and no-income – hard-drug addicts, however much it would alleviate their great suffering, generates firm opposition by the general socially and fiscally conservative electorate.
The reaction is largely due to the preconceived notion that drug users are but weak-willed and/or have somehow committed a moral crime.
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A group of mothers advocating for change after loved ones have died in Alberta’s opioid crisis 72 deaths in Edmonton in the first two months of 2021 alone have launched an online campaign to share memories of the lives lost.
Over 1,300 people died from drug overdoses in Alberta last year, the highest number since 2016 and nearly double the 623 deaths in 2019. The first two months of 2021 has seen 238 fatalities in Alberta, shows online provincial government data.
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