Fentanyl testing strip program goes province-wide By: Drew May Save to Read Later
Solange Machado, network co-ordinator with the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network, is co-ordinating a fentanyl strip pilot project in Brandon. The strips can be used to detect fentanyl in street drugs. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
A pilot project in Brandon to help people test for fentanyl before taking drugs has expanded across the province.
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A pilot project in Brandon to help people test for fentanyl before taking drugs has expanded across the province.
The project, started by the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network, supplies people who use drugs with testing strips, which can be used to test for fentanyl in substances, network co-ordinator Solange Machado said.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Editorial | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Friday, Apr. 23, 2021
Editorial
Beneath the all-consuming waves of the coronavirus pandemic, another deadly public health crisis has been festering in obscurity.
Beneath the all-consuming waves of the coronavirus pandemic, another deadly public health crisis has been festering in obscurity.
Last year, 372 people died of drug overdoses in Manitoba a horrifying 87 per cent spike over 2019 fatalities, according to data released by the office of the chief medical examiner last week. Behind those data points are parents, spouses, friends and family members who have been failed by government inaction.
Drug overdose deaths spike by 87 per cent in 2020
Winnipeg Free Press By: Katlyn Streilein
Last Modified: 6:42 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021 | Updates
Rebecca Rummery lost her partner Rob to an accidental drug overdose in 2018. (Abby Matheson photo)
Annual drug overdose deaths reached an all-time high in Manitoba, after 372 people died in 2020, marking an 87 per cent increase in reported deaths over 2019.
Annual drug overdose deaths reached an all-time high in Manitoba, after 372 people died in 2020, marking an 87 per cent increase in reported deaths over 2019. We knew it was going to be high, but it doesn’t make it easier when you see these numbers, said Rebecca Rummery, co-founder of Overdose Awareness Manitoba. It’s people we’re talking about, and they all have families and loved ones.
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Dozens of black balloons and photos were tied to trees along Churchill Drive in Winnipeg s Lord Roberts neighbourhood to raise awareness about lives lost to drug overdoses in Manitoba in 2020. Phoebe Wilson, 31, died in July 2020.(John Einarson/CBC)
New data is showing signs of a steady rise in drug overdose deaths in Manitoba and renewing calls for action by the provincial government.
Between January and September 2020, 259 people died from overdoses in the province, which exceeds the number of drug-related deaths in all of 2019 by 35 per cent, according to the latest figures from province s chief medical examiner.