As of March 1 last year, the STM's special constables began carrying the drug naloxone, which helps reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. From March 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, they administered it 10 times.
STM special constables William Barrow and Christine Cassis patrol the platform of Guy-Concordia station. It's been just over a year since STM special constables began carrying naloxone to respond to a rising number of overdoses in Montreal's Metro system.
As of March 1 last year, the STM's special constables began carrying the drug naloxone, which helps reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. From March 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, they administered it 10 times.WATCH |See STM special constables intervene with people seeking shelter in the Metro:DurationCBC journalists joined two special constables for Montreal's transit authority during a recent night shift.
Paramedics with Urgences-Santé also administered naloxone in and around Metro stations 12 times in 2020, 54 times in 2021 and 31 times last year — the same year STM constables also started carrying the drug.Toxic drug supplyAt Atwater station, Jay Walls, wearing a bright red vest with a patch that reads naloxone, hands out food and meal replacement drinks to people taking shelter on a cold night before the station closes.
"They tell us, they are scared of using alone in a dark alley because they know if they pass out, they will die," he said. STM constables say they try to emphasize a non-punitive approach with the largely unhoused population hanging out in Metro stations, some of whom are also drug users. The transit agency says that increase is largely explained by the fact that Metro ridership has rebounded to 69 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, compared with the sharp drop off at the start of the pandemic.
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