And having one more year of data continues to confirm that as SCS usage drops, deaths increase.
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Lethbridge saw record drug deaths in 2021
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Lethbridge sees record EMS drug responses
Lethbridge EMS responded to the highest number of drug-related events last month than in any other February over the last 5 years.
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Record high EMS drug responses in Lethbridge
Lethbridge EMS responded to the highest number of drug-related events last month than in any other January over the last 5 years.
This was driven by the third quarter, which saw EMS responding to more opioid-related events than in any other third quarter since 2018. Actually, than any other quarter since 2018.
The associate minister of addictions seems to think that the pandemic is to blame for Alberta’s record numbers of drug-related deaths.
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Deaths in private residences, however, are declining.
Alberta’s EMS data for 2021 is nearly 50% higher than last year’s, and the year isn’t even over yet.
Last week, the Alberta government announced that they had passed 8,500 addiction treatment spaces. But their singular focus isn’t fixing the drug crisis.
This is the highest number of deaths seen in Lethbridge during the same 12 month period over the previous 4 years.