Opioid-related deaths in Alberta down but experts say co-ordinated approach still needed

It's some of the best news about opioids since the beginning of the pandemic: overdose deaths are way down. The most recent data from the province shows 72 Albertans died in May; a 22 per cent drop from the month before and a 55 per cent drop from the same month the year before. "This is a benchmark moment," said Dr. Monty Ghosh, University of Calgary addictions physician. "Since March 2020, we saw a huge rise in the number of overall addictions and that was due to a number of factors such as is