Overdose is a growing problem

Urgences-Santé is administering more Naloxone over time as the number of overdoses continues to grow.

Quebec is giving extra funds to safe injection sites in an attempt to keep people from shooting up unknown cocktails of powerful opioids. But it still isn’t enough to keep those facilities open 24/7. The Journal underlines that this is not new funding, but the return of funding that had previously been cut.