The pandemic within a pandemic: Regina's overdose numbers skyrocket through 2020 - News Summed Up

The pandemic within a pandemic: Regina's overdose numbers skyrocket through 2020


Klyne started volunteering with Queen City Patrol, where she received her Narcan training, in February of this year. 'Pandemic within a pandemic' leaves 33 deadOverdoses are rapidly rising in the Queen City as Saskatchewan and the rest of the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization has since vowed to open its own safe injection site. Will said she hopes to see a similar safe injection site in Regina, and she's had discussions with politicians from Regina about bringing an injection site to the Queen City. "If we have a safe injection site, then we don't have to worry about, as much anyways, the needles lying around the streets that we do now."


Source: CBC News June 29, 2020 09:56 UTC



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