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Drug overdose deaths in Lethbridge declining
LETHBRIDGE, AB – A new report shows that the number of people who are dying from illicit drug use in Lethbridge remains high, but is falling.
The Government of Alberta has updated its Alberta Substance Use Surveillance System report, which includes information up to the end of April 2024.
It says eight people died from overdoses in Lethbridge in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 22.
While any deaths from drug use are too many, it is less than half of what we saw in the same period last year. In the first four months of 2023, 54 people in the city succumbed to overdoses.