"It never used to happen, like, when I was growing up," he said "Now it's out of control."Īmid increasing worries from Montreal community organizations about the impact of fentanyl, new figures from the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) show that authorities in the city's Metro stations are responding to an increase in overdoses.Īs of March 1 last year, the STM's special constables began carrying the drug naloxone, which helps reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
While he tries to be careful about who he buys from, Jackson confirms what many harm reduction organizations have been warning: the supply of street drugs in the city, awash with fentanyl, is potent and unpredictable.Īnother change he's seen: more people using these drugs in some Metro stations.
"But when you sleep though, it hits you back in your head though." Outside Lionel-Groulx Metro station in Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough, Osyris Jackson rattles off a list of people he knows in the city who have died of overdoses, with a sense of resignation.
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