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Lethbridge reports 16 opioid overdose deaths between January and March

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The first three months of 2021 was the deadliest first quarter for opioid overdoses in Lethbridge in the past five years.

The Alberta Substance Use Surveillance System has been updated to show data from January to March of this year.

In that span, 16 people in Lethbridge died of opioid overdoses – five in January, four in February and seven in March.

During that same period in 2020, seven people died while in 2019 ten people suffered fatal opioid overdoses – the previous record for number of deaths in the first quarter.

Across the province, a total of 346 people overdosed on opioids and died.

Lethbridge’s Supervised Consumption Site shut down last year and a mobile site took its place.

During the first three months of 2021 it was visited 10,327 times and averaged about 244 visits per month.

Tina Karst
Tina Karst
A Lethbridge College alumnus, Tina moved back to the community two years after convocation, in September 2007, to become a member of the CJOC News Team. She started as a weekend reporter/anchor and now serves as Associate News Director. When Tina's not tracking down local news, she's either busy at home with Jordan and their two kids or creating custom macrame pieces for a growing list of clients.
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