It's a slow day if ambulances only show up half a dozen times to revive the junkies outside my office in Calgary.

It's a lost cause because for all the services that are offered the hardcore who need them the most manage to get themselves banned by the agencies that provide them, so all they're left with is an endless supply of free syringes that they leave lying around everywhere.

Vets offices in Calgary now keep Narcan on hand for the dogs that find the junkies needles.