The contents of a naloxone kit. Photo by Curtis Galbraith

By Curtis Galbraith/Sheena Roszell

Opioids

City offering free education sessions on opioid crisis

Jun 20, 2019 | 5:30 AM

Anyone who wants to learn more about Grande Prairie’s opioid crises is being offered a chance to do so through city hall.

What are being called facilitated sessions will include videos on how this drug problem has impacted people and presentations on why there is a crisis.

The program services coordinator at the city’s Community Social Development office Jasmin Marshall says anyone can book a session.

“So far, we’ve done (an) open-door cafe. We just had a couple sessions at the library. We had one out at Teepee Creek last month, so it can be anything from schools to business, if somebody just wants to set up a session. That’s what the library did. They just opened it up to the public.”

She adds a number of different videos can be shown at the sessions.

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“We’ll show the long video, which is the Critical Condition piece, and then we might chose a few short lived-experience videos that correlate with what the person wants to learn. So, if they want to learn about treatment and recovery, we might show the videos that have the people in recovery.”

There will also be presentations on why there is a crises, what statistics are showing, and the stigma around opioid addiction.

Marshall is hoping more people will want to have one of these free sessions.

“We just started doing this, I believe , in May was our first one. We have done three or four since then, but we would definitely love to be booking more. The plan is people will feel comfortable enough to go and facilitate themselves, so a teacher can pick up the guide and do it in the classroom.”

Marshall says the sessions are available to anyone interested. Call 780-538-0880 or the email the city.

She adds there are videos and more resources on opioids available at their web site, www.everyoneisimpacted.com