Pubdate: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 Source: Tribune, The (CN ON) Copyright: 2017, Osprey Media Group Inc. Contact: http://www.wellandtribune.ca/letters Website: http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2807 Author: Lorna Thomas Page: A4 GOAL OF DRUG EDUCATION MUST BE KEEPING PEOPLE ALIVE With fentanyl killing young people all across North America, the primary goal of the revised drug education in Alberta schools, and in the home, should be harm reduction. I am encouraged to see that school boards in Alberta are looking to update their education around drugs. But educators and parents need to urgently discuss more than marijuana. Fentanyl is being found in almost all street drugs, with the exception of marijuana. The primary goal of all drug education should be to keep students, and parents, and educators alive. Lesson No. 1 is that in Alberta people can access a free opiod-reversal naloxone kit, without giving their name, or health-care number, as mandated by Alberta Health Services. Lorna Thomas Edmonton - --- MAP posted-by: Matt