As Indigenous Youth, We Know Peer Overdose Education Is Vital

Did you know that in Ontario, three times as many young people are dying of overdose compared to a decade ago?

This article was originally published by Filter, an online magazine covering drug use, drug policy and human rights through a harm reduction lens. Follow Filter on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for its newsletter.

Across Canada, many teenagers are experimenting with drugs alone because they don't feel safe telling others. But when people use alone, they overdose alone. To reduce youth overdose deaths we need to reduce the stigma that surrounds drug use. And to do that, we need peer educators youth can relate to because they share common experiences-like growing up in the overdose crisis.

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