First Nations 'triaging grief' as opioids claim lives at more than 8 times the rate of the rest of Alberta

A Blood Tribe Drug Harm Reduction Project location in Stand Off, Alta., is seen in this file photo from August 2023.

First Nations people in Alberta have been dying from opioids at more than eight times the rate of the rest of the population, according to newly published data that puts harder numbers on a grim reality Indigenous leaders have been sounding the alarm over for years.



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