Mother of overdose victim pleads for action on growing opioid use
Winnipeg police warn the use of carfentanil — a synthetic opioid similar to fentanyl but 100 times more powerful — is spreading across Canada.
Deputy police chief Danny Smyth detailed the recent seizure of 1,477 doses of carfentanil at a press conference Thursday alongside Arlene Last-Kolb, whose 24-year-old son Jessie died of a fentanyl overdose in 2014.
“How did he get fentanyl? This was a world my family was not prepared for or knew anything about,” Last-Kolb said.
“If it could happen to my family, it could happen to yours.”