Keys, phone, naloxone: In downtown Ottawa, the antidote to opioid overdoses has become an item some people won’t leave home without - eviltoast

Since the congregation took naloxone training in March, there’s been seven outside St. Albans. But that number is quite modest. At the drop-in centre beneath the church, where some of Ottawa’s most afflicted seek daytime refuge once the overnight shelters close, they’re doing at least one [naloxone application] a day.

  • Woofcat@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Should I rush to stop someone who wants to do bad things to themselves? They’re an adult.

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      1 year ago

      So you’re the same person who says “do a flip” when somebody is on the edge of a building?