The inquest focused this week on the death of Darla Skookum at the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter a year ago. Her death is one of four at the shelter in 2022 and 2023 being examined by a coroner's inquest.
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Staff members who were working at the Whitehorse emergency shelter the night two women died there in 2022 told an inquest jury on Tuesday that at the time, there was no clear policy or training for staff to deal with overdoses or monitor intoxicated guests.
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In addition to finding those with the prescription were less likely to die, researchers found they were also 55-per cent less likely to overdose the week after having it filled.