Project underway to test text-message and web-based overdose reporting

When a toxic batch of drugs is triggering potentially fatal overdoses, one of the most crucial antidotes is to get the word out as fast as possible to alert other users.
A new research project to develop a more speedy way to communicate information about clusters of drug overdoses will be announced today by Vancouver Coastal Health and the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
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