Manitoba seeing high drug-related death numbers [Video]

Advocates say the province is trying to fight a war with a water pistol, as new data shows drug-related deaths in Manitoba are surging.

The drug crisis in Manitoba has hit close to home for Marion Willis and the team at St. Boniface Street Links. She said one of their outreach workers died of a drug overdose last weekend.

“I wish I could say that these deaths become easier to accept, but I’d be lying to you,” she told CTV News. “You know, it doesn’t get easier. It makes me angrier.”

Willis said it shows there’s a lack of resources in Manitoba to prevent deaths like this. She recalled an interview with CTV News nearly a decade ago when she was asked about the drug crisis. At the time, she said it was like ‘fighting a war with a water pistol.’

Years later, she said it hasn’t changed.

“We’re fighting a bigger war, and we’re still trying …