Alberta's drop in opioid-related deaths shows recovery-oriented policy working, expert says
Opioid-related deaths in Alberta have been steadily declining since last fall.The province's latest opioid-tracking data shows a continued downward trend in the number of opioid-related deaths in Alberta between last November and June, which the government attributes to a successful recovery-related policy and an opioid expert calls reassuring.
Experts believe there is no one reason why. But they say a combination of policy-driven decisions — including investments in more treatment spaces, better access to opioid agonist therapy treatments such as Sublocade, and an online opioid dependency program — have helped chip away at this complex problem.
"Nobody is celebrating that this is the end of the story, or 'mission accomplished,' or anything like that. That would be silly … there are people out there who are living, breathing, with their families, who maybe wouldn't have been if not for all the significant effort that's being made," said Day.Tanguay says it's about following the evidence.
"If we're doing a direct comparison, the supervised consumption sites are only one part of a very complex problem. And ensuring that we get folks into detox treatment and recovery and doing the hard work so that they can live happy, successful, healthy lives again — that's the hard part," said Ellis.Yet looking at the published data, both provinces have seen declines in the number of deaths in recent months.
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