3 hospitalized after overdosing at Calgary Remand Centre

Three men have been taken to hospital after overdosing at the Calgary Remand Centre.

Alberta Healthsaid the call came in Sunday evening sometime around 7 p.m.

All three men were in theirmid-20s, and are in stable, non-life-threatening condition.

In December, it was reported that there were 122 suspected overdoses in Alberta correctional facilities between January 2016 and the end of November 2017.

Of those, 115 were suspected to be due to opioids.

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