Edmonton police charge man with manslaughter in fentanyl overdose death
The Edmonton Police Service has charged a man with manslaughter in the death of man from a fentanyl overdose.
Police say the body of Szymon Kalich was found in a home in January.
Autopsy results concluded that Kalich died from an overdose of the drug, which experts say can be up to 100 times more powerful than morphine.
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Police say Jordan Yarmey is accused of supplying the drug to Kalich and is to appear in court on the manslaughter charge Thursday.
Earlier this year a man in southern Alberta was charged with manslaughter in the fentanyl overdose deaths of a couple in Standoff on the Blood reserve.
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid painkiller that can be illegally made and sold on the street, has been linked to hundreds of deaths in Western Canada.