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Health committee Sorry, what was that?
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Turner
Health committee I don't think you can...
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Turner
Health committee With the drug itself you're ingesting, it doesn't matter which way you're doing it.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Turner
Health committee A lot of the meth in Edmonton is contaminated with fentanyl. They're getting both. We are losing people who just use stimulants, or think they're just doing stimulants, when it's in fact contaminated with fentanyl.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Turner
Health committee It's all about wraparound services. I work in a place that has a safe consumption site and it's like a one-stop shop. It has housing. It has the wraparound services that our community needs. It's all about relationship-building. We don't have a problem in Edmonton at our safe-inj
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Turner
Health committee I think the best way to deal with the contaminated street supply is to offer a safe drug supply, such as by Dexedrine and Adderall prescriptions. I've asked some of the community who use meth whether, if there were a “prescription meth”, they would switch over to a similar prescr
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Turner
Health committee A lot of the community those places serve tend to bar some of our community when they act out, when they're intoxicated or on some other substance. Sometimes they have nowhere to go. We have very limited resources for shelters in Edmonton, considering the amount of homelessness w
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Turner
Health committee Yes.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Turner
Health committee I've been an outreach worker in Edmonton for over 12 years. Regarding meth use in the context of prohibition, meth use is common among members of the community I work with and very common in Edmonton. Although I acknowledge that meth use is the concern of this committee, I thin
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Turner