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October 7, 2020

Getting to Tomorrow Montreal is a community public health dialogue on solutions to the overdose crisis.

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News & Updates

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Montreal must push feds to decriminalize drug possession, councillors say (Montreal Gazette)

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Montreal police officers now trained, equipped with naloxone (Global)

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New drug on Montreal's streets even more potent than fentanyl (CTV)

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A spike in deaths caused by drug overdose alarms Montreal public health experts (CTV)

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Montreal Is Experiencing a Rash of Fatal Overdoses and No One Knows Why (VICE)

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More fentanyl deaths in Montreal? (CJAD)

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Montreal police still not equipped with naloxone, despite surge in overdoses (Global News)

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