Saskatoon bus drivers want city to outfit buses with naloxone kits

City denied request for kits in 2023, transit union says

CBC NewsJeremy Warren

The union for Saskatoon public transit workers wants to see drug overdose reversal supplies on city buses, amid a drug poisoning crisis that shows few signs of improvement.

Easily accessible naloxone — a medication that can reverse the effects of some drug overdoses, sometimes referred to by the brand name Narcan — should be on city buses, said Amalgamated Transit Union Local 615 president Darcy Pederson.

"We're definitely seeing an increase in unresponsive passengers riding the buses," Pederson …

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