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Combating Calgary’s opioid crisis: How Safeworks’ harm reduction program is saving lives

by Sarah Green & Casey Richardson September 26, 2019September 4, 2020

In 2011, 9 people died of fentanyl overdoses in Alberta. Just last year, 673 people died. These numbers, provided by Alberta Health Services (AHS), speak for themselves — the opioid crisis is plaguing our province.

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