OVERDOSE PREVENTION There is always a risk when you use drugs, but there are steps you can take to be safer. Get a Take Home Naloxone Kit Naloxone reverses the effects of an opioid overdose temporarily, restoring breathing in a few minutes and buying time for EMS to arrive. Saskatchewan residents who are at risk of an opioid overdose and/or might witness an opioid overdose, such as friends and family of people who use opioids, are eligible for free training and a free Take Home Naloxone kit. The training covers overdose prevention, recognition, and response, including how to administer naloxone. Naloxone does not reverse the effects of non-opioids, such as xylazine, which may be found in street drugs. Check Your Drugs Drugs are checked using fentanyl and/or benzodiazepine test strips. To perform a test, the drug checker will take a tiny sample of the street drug being tested and dissolve it in water. The test strip is then dipped into the water and within a few minutes it will give the result. Coloured lines will appear on the strip indicating a positive result (one line) or negative result (two lines). The test has some important limitations: • Fentanyl strips only test for fentanyl, and benzodiazepine strips only test for benzodiazepines within the sample provided. • Although the sample may be negative, the tested drug may still be present in the remainder of the drug batch. • Strips may occasionally report a negative result when the drug tested for, or an analogue, is present. It is important that other precautions are taken, even if your drug checking result is negative. Drug checking strips are now available for pick-up at locations provincewide: Beauval Beauval Health Centre Lavoie St. 306-288-4800 Buffalo Narrows Buffalo Narrows Health Centre 310 Davey St. 306-235-5800 Cumberland House Cumberland House 2nd Ave. PO Box 8 306-888-2244 Green Lake Green Lake Health Centre Box 29 Green Lake 306-832-6257 Ile a la Crosse Ile a la Crosse Public Health La Jeunesse Ave. 3 306-833-2016 Kamsack Kamsack Hospital 341 Stewart St. 306-542-2635 La Loche La Loche Health Centre Dene Rd. 306-822-8800 La Ronge La Ronge Health Centre 227 Backlund St. 306-425-2422 Scattered Site Outreach, La Ronge 719B La Ronge Ave. 306-425-4990 Teenagers Drug Abuse Prevention 164
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