A Memorial University researcher says the jaw-dropping amount of fentanyl police say they’ve seized from a St. John’s trailer is a bellwether for danger to come.
“It would be important to look at this possibly as a canary in the coal mine,” says Gillian Kolla, an assistant professor of public health.
“There have been increases in fentanyl-related deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador and across Atlantic Canada over the past couple of years … it’s really, really important right now to be thinking about the strategies that we can put in place upstream to prevent overdose related deaths.”
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary on Wednesday announced the lab results of a bust in Cochrane Pond Park in September. Police said they’d seized hundreds of grams of fentanyl and similar opiates — far more, said Deputy Chief Colin McNeil, than the force had ever seen.
“There’s something actually known as the drug bust paradox,” Kolla said.
“Community members think that bringing drugs off the street, and this type of drug bust, is a positive. In fact, we have very strong public health research that shows that often in the wake of drug busts like this, opioid-related overdose deaths increase.”[…]
That’s likely because people with addictions are forced to turn to other sources of supply and buy from dealers they aren’t familiar with, she explains. When people don’t know how strong their drugs are, their risk for overdoses goes up.
The same people who wanted to lock up innocent people who were completely healthy and working from home but not compliant with vaccine mandates during Covid want confirmed drug addicts on the brink of death and dealers selling literal poison to remain in the community with support and without intervention.
Tell me again how you are not manipulated by mass media?
While your question is not off base you completely discredit it with the manipulation claim. Hence the downvotes.
