Tag: Addicts

Alberta Premier Tackles ‘Gravely Ill Homeless Population,’ Addiction Recovery as Part of Health Care Reform

EDMONTON—Alberta has “a gravely ill homeless population, not just because of addiction and overdose, but frostbite, cardiac issues, COPD, diabetes, asthma, sepsis and infection,” said Premier Danielle Smith, and the province intends to address the issue with two innovative programs as part of health care reform. On her weekly radio show, Your Province, Your Premier,…


Alberta Tackles ‘Gravely Ill Homeless Population,’ Addiction Recovery as Part of Health Care Reform

EDMONTON—Alberta has “a gravely ill homeless population, not just because of addiction and overdose, but frostbite, cardiac issues, COPD, diabetes, asthma, sepsis and infection,” said Premier Danielle Smith, and the province intends to address the issue with two innovative programs as part of health care reform. On her weekly radio show, Your Province, Your Premier,…


Curse of Fentanyl Coursing Through Small-Town America

“An endless parade of death” is how a drug addict, trying to beat his crack dependence, describes what he has witnessed over the past 18 months. Steven Sheldon, 42, of Port Huron, Michigan, says he knows of 40 people who have died after overdosing on drugs in that time. They are just a few of…