Edmonton Zone's Record Opioid Deaths

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‘This isn’t over yet’: Opioid-related deaths reach new heights in Edmonton | Globalnews.ca

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There were 83 drug-poisoning deaths in Edmonton in March , surpassing the zone’s previous high of 76 in September 2023 .

Across Alberta , there were 117 opioid-related deaths in March 2025 .

Carfentanil is 100 times more potent than fentanyl and 10,000 times more powerful than morphine.

Expert: "This isn’t over yet".

There are less organizations capable of putting outreach workers on the ground to help do things like distribute naloxone kits in the downtown core.

Health professionals are “feeling a lot of moral distress at being not able to do what we know is evidence-based in a way that’s scaled to the point where we can help people,” Salvalaggio said she would like to see greater access to supervised consumption services.

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