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Guest: Elaine Hyshka

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Opioid Crisis

Edmonton doctors band together to battle Alberta's deepening opioid crisisOpinion: COVID-19 crisis is likely to blame for Alberta's rising overdosesEdmonton opioid crisis: Daily deaths, overdoses overwhelming social services and health-care system'Keeping these people alive': A volunteer team works to reverse overdoses in EdmontonCanada's drug policy — not drugs — is killing people at record numbers, advocates sayPortraits of loss: One hundred lives, felled by an overdose crisisCanada's opioid crisis (fact sheet)

Aug. 31

International Overdose Awareness DayEdmontonians march for better outreach, action on opioid crisis on International Overdose Awareness DayElaine's tweet

Supervised Consumption Services

Why SCSAt Canada's former busiest supervised consumption site, anxiety over what comes next

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