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He has lived in "pure hell" for at least the last two years, stuck in the gutter of a fentanyl addiction and now trying to go clean.

Article content WEYBURN — Slim and close-shaven with deep-set green eyes that reflect a struggle beyond his years, the middle-aged man describes the “sickness” that made him leave his home and head 90 minutes north to Regina. It was the day after Christmas. He went to the inner city, to find the fentanyl needed to get, in his words, “un-sick.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Overdose Spiral: 'It's a death sentence,' says fentanyl user working to go clean Back to video “If there’s nothing around Weyburn, we have to resort to gett...

Article content WEYBURN — The first month of the new year didn’t leave Weyburn police members with much to celebrate; just a hard reminder of that city’s drug overdose issues. Three men overdosed on fentanyl in 36 hours. Two died. One was revived with a naloxone shot, but he didn’t want any other help. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Overdose Spiral: 'Not just a big city thing,' say police as drug ODs on rise in Weyburn Back to video Chief Jamie Blunden says those mid-month drug calls were small glimpses of a larger, glaring issue in ...

“My grief is still hard, because he's gone and he's always going to be gone." Author of the article: Evan Radford Publishing date: Feb 18, 2021  •  February 18, 2021  •  6 minute read  •  Esther Green holds one of the remaining mementos she has of her late son Jeff Snyder, who died of a drug overdose in 2014, on Feb. 15, 2021 near the creek in Swift Current, Sask. on her homestead. (David Zammit for the Regina Leader-Post) Photo by DZammitphotography /jpg Article content If Saskatchewan is in a downward drug addiction spiral, then Esther Green has witnessed firsthand the ...

In Part 1 of the three-part series, Overdose Spiral, a Swift Current mom shares her devastating story of loss in the province's OD crisis.