A deep dive into overdose death data in Alberta [Video]

The Alberta government encouraged optimism surrounding the current state of addiction in the province ahead of making changes to the way mental health and addiction services will be offered earlier this week.

CTV News Edmonton has done an analysis of the publicly available drug-poisoning death data to see if the numbers support the province’s recent claims.

In Calgary on Tuesday, Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Dan Williams unveiled two new agencies that will be used to deliver mental health and addiction services in the province.

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Recovery Alberta will be tasked with delivering mental health and addiction services previously covered by Alberta Health Services and is expected to be up and running later this year.

The other is a new Crown corporation called the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE).

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