#DidYouKnow: using Naloxone during an overdose can save a life? Learn what it is and where to get it at drugsafe.ca #DrugSafeAB #AB

Walking a mile in another person's shoes can be a great education, Bob Layton says trib.al/6GcoJWg

Rebound risk for opioid overdose is a known risk for folks coming off oral natrexone. A study out today suggests the same for extended release naltrexone (Vivitrol). link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…

Check out this article about opioid safety in the inner city: thegriff.ca/2018/03/faces-… #SDGs #OpiodCrisis #safeopioidsyeg

This is an amazing opportunity to help with the #opioidcrisis within our city! x.com/ehyshka/status…

The Inner City Health and Wellness Program is hiring a data coordinator to support #yeg's four supervised consumption services. Come work with us! ow.ly/99Fe30j8ePN cc: ARCH Team UAlbertaSPH Streetworks

Glad to see that "The budget also has set aside money for First Nations communities to address substance abuse, including opioids." x.com/DrugsWRCPC/sta…

How many Canadians within the last year used prescription opioids as a form of pain management? #SDGAction #harmreduction #safeopioidsyeg #SDGS #SDGmove

Removing barriers for doctors to prescribe stuff is not the same as removing barriers for people to seek help. If we really care that stigma and isolation kill people, we’ll do away with the laws whose *intent* is to stigmatize and isolate. If we don’t, keep counting. /end

"Canada has the 2nd highest level of opioid prescription usage in the world" (Murphy, Goldner, & Fischer, 2015, p.605) #harmreduction #SDG3 #goodhealthandwellbeing #SDGAction

Great day for #harmreduction in Alberta, as we open North America’s first supervised consumption service for acute care inpatients at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in #yeg cc: ARCH Team AHS_YEGZone

Target 3.5: Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse. Including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol. #SDGs #SDGmoves #harmreduction #goodhealthandwellbeing

What should you know if your doctor prescribed an #opioid to help you manage your pain?

Lack of treatment for drug users means deaths behind bars - #Ontario's policy of denying #harmreduction is boosting inmate deaths and deaths once released from jail #cdnhealth #cdnpoli #onpoli cbc.ca/news/health/in…

Nursing Students for Safe Opioid Use! Knowledge is power; Safe Opioid Use See our creation for Safe Opioid Use using a Piktochart!!! #SDGmove #SDGs #safeopioiduse #opioidcrisis #nursingstudents Streetworks