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Alberta’s Opioid Crisis Deepens | Calgary News

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Alberta’s opioid crisis is escalating in terrifying ways—2025 saw record-breaking EMS calls for overdoses, with Edmonton alone accounting for nearly 70% of the burden. New super-potent drugs like orphines and carfentanil are flooding the streets, forcing doctors to improvise treatments amid surging ER visits and repeated emergency care. While overall deaths dipped slightly, the closure of supervised consumption sites raises alarms that more lives could be lost without urgent intervention. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/d7e418a80cc7e211

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