paherald.sk.caSaskatchewan opioid overdose awareness campaign (2019)
Saskatchewan Ministry of Health campaign launched 12 February 2019 to teach people the signs of an opioid overdose, how to respond (call 911, use a take-home naloxone kit) and the protections of the federal Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, whether the opioids were obtained legally or illegally.
- Years
- 2019
- Country
- Canada
- Topic
- DrugsHarm reductionOpioids
- Asks people to
- RecognizeSeek helpStart
- Strategy
- Policy pairedSimple instruction
- Channel
- PrintSocial (paid)
- Audience
- General public
Evidence
NoneUnknown
No evaluation found. Context in launch coverage: just under 1,800 take-home naloxone kits distributed and more than 4,000 people trained since 2015-16.
Sponsor (who paid)
- Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Health Foreign government, funder and creator
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
Related campaigns
Sources
Research notes
Discovered 2026-10-22 for #17. No agency named. Channels not stated in the fetched coverage; social and print are assumed (verify against the Government of Saskatchewan release). No executions found.
Record cases/ca-sk-opioid-overdose-awareness.json, updated 2026-10-22· Link to this campaign