Alberta gives all first responders access to naloxone kits

By CBC News  February 8, 2017  

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Feb. 8, 2017, Edmonton - Facing a grim and growing death toll from fentanyl overdoses — a total of 343 last year — the Alberta government announced its latest steps Tuesday to curb the crisis, though critics were quick to condemn the moves as weak and wanting.

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The government announced it will make opioid antidote kits available to all first-responders and to the general public, without prescriptions. CBC News reports. | READ MORE