April 22, 2021

Yukon officials call for investment to create safe consumption site to help in opioid crisis

Since 2016, 40 people have died from opioids in the Yukon – seven of those deaths are from this year alone. The Yukon’s chief medical officer of health says a safe consumption site is needed to curb the number of deaths.

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