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Saving lives and supporting recovery from addiction Alberta’s government is opening more medical detox beds and offering nasal naloxone kits in Edmonton as part of its ongoing work to save lives and increase access to recovery supports. Some parts of this page will not display. JavaScript is not available in this browser or may be turned off. With $2.1 million from the government over three years, Edmonton’s George Spady Society now has 35 medical detox beds. Another $1.5 million from the provincial government is supporting a pilot project to provide Albertans in the Edmonton area with publicly funded nasal naloxone kits. The project is being led by the George Spady Society, in collaboration with Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Police Services and other community partners. ....
Alberta is the first province in Canada to require quality standards for supervised consumption services, which will improve community safety, provide higher quality services and increase integration with the health-care system. ....
Article content Alberta is planning to announce a child mental health and wellness panel at noon Thursday. Premier Jason Kenney made the announcement during a Facebook live Q and A Wednesday evening, saying the panel will be co-chaired by Calgary-South East MLA Matt Jones. The panel will look at how various COVID-19 public health measures have affected children throughout the pandemic. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Alberta preparing to announce child mental health and wellness panel Back to video “This is actually (Jones’) brainchild, his idea, because of his concern, which we all share, about the mental health implications for children coping with all of this stress,” said Kenney. “Schools being open and then closed and economic pressure that their parents are living under, being detached from their friends and their broader families. We know that it’s had a real impact on children.” ....
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