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Jody Wasserman was expecting the pandemic to cause overdose deaths to rise, but she was not expecting an 87% increase year over year.
Data out of the Office of the Chief Medical Officer on Tuesday reportedly showed deaths due to overdose in Manitoba went from 199 in 2019 to 372 in 2020.
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“That’s 372 lives that were just cut short, 372 families that were devastated, 372 people who were struggling and had nowhere to go, it’s just very sad,” said Wasserman, a member of Overdose Awareness Manitoba. “I have so much anger for the lack of resources out there for those people who need them.”