Experts say Alberta’s drug education urgently needs an update - News Summed Up

Experts say Alberta’s drug education urgently needs an update


EDMONTON—Lee Sankey says he would probably be dead if not for Boyle Street Education Centre. Boyle Street students get harm-reduction presentations from Streetworks nurses and University of Alberta medical students. The Grade 12 student credits Boyle Street’s comprehensive drug education approach with helping him kick his old habits. By contrast, Kaziechko said he’s learned so much about fentanyl in his four years at Boyle Street Education Centre that it’s seared into his brain. “We need to figure out how we can be more fluid with drug education, because we have to make sure it represents what’s actually going on in the community.


Source: thestar May 22, 2018 00:33 UTC



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