Calgarians who have survived traumatic overdose experiences are raising awareness of the increasing dangers of drug contaminants as poisoning deaths and EMS calls climb higher.
According to the Alberta substance use surveillance system, the province saw 733 EMS opioid related calls in the month of April, which is a nearly 40 per cent increase compared to the 528 EMS calls for the same month last year.
“I deal with poisonings on a regular basis and I know from when I was using fentanyl, to like the stuff that's on the streets right now, that stuff is now cut with the benzos including xylazine and all this other stuff,” she said. She notes that dealers on the street are now looking to take advantage of those with addictions by selling drugs laced with dangerous contaminants.
In Alberta, the tranquilizer was detected 34 times in 2022, compared with 1,011 in Ontario and 260 times in British Columbia. Other advocates like Euan Thompson with Each+Every Businesses for Harm Reduction, says the Alberta government needs to avoid forcing those struggling with addiction to get treatment.
According to a statement from the Calgary Police Service, the drug xylazine was first detected in the city in 2015 with very few positive samples detected this year.
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