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MAY 23, 2019
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A workshop demonstrating how to resuscitate people who have overdosed took place at an Arnprior business. After news broke that five people overdosed in Arnprior in recent weeks, ChrisTina Studio's Tina Carr felt strongly that action is needed. An opioid epidemic - often in the form of fentanyl and the much more powerful carfentanil - has swept across Canada, killing almost 3,300 in the first nine months of 2018 alone. Police warn that a sand-grain sized bit of carfentanil in marijuana can kill. "As a parent and a business owner I had to do something for the town," Carr said, days before the May 16 workshop. "People don't realize what an overdose looks like or what to do. Knowledge is power, and the information is free and people need to know." A dozen people from all age groups attended. They learned the signs of an overdose, including unconsciousness and pink See NALOXONE, page 2
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MEASLES ARE BACK Derek Dunn/Torstar Loading needles with naloxone and pricking them into oranges, along with testing the nasal version of the drug that blocks the effects of opioids were among the topics a recent workshop at ChrisTina Studio. With owner Tina Carr, centre, are caregivers Jacques Perron and Allie Lalonde.
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