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Advocates call for understanding, awareness as overdoses continue to rise
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For two years, Mokami has partnered with the Safe Works Access Program in St. John’s to provide safe supplies to those who have been struggling with addictions.
The Mokami Status of Women Council in Happy Valley-Goose Bay offers safe supplies as part of their harm reduction efforts.
Less stigma, more education key to stopping deathsIn Labrador West, Keith Fitzpatrick has been handing out naloxone kits from his home.
Instead, people are faced with dirty looks and a lack of understanding if they try to seek help, he explains.
Too often drug use is considered a St. John’s problem, Toronto problem, or Montreal problem, when addictions and drug use are widespread in Labrador, Fitzpatrick adds.
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