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Big City Mayors Launch Fentanyl Task Force To Share Experience, Best Practices

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 03 Feb, 2017 12:25 PM
  • Big City Mayors Launch Fentanyl Task Force To Share Experience, Best Practices
VANCOUVER — Mayors from a dozen major Canadian cities have launched a task force to tackle the opioid crisis.
 
The big city mayors' caucus of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities wants to share experiences and best practices in an effort to stem the escalating number of overdose deaths.
 
The task force will meet with federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, though a date has not yet been set.
 
 
Representatives from the provinces and territories will also be invited to attend.
 
Opioid overdose deaths surged in 2016, with 914 people losing their lives last year in British Columbia, including 142 in December alone.
 
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will head the initiative.

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