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The United States is not the only country to fall victim to the opioid crisis. After several overdoses occurred on premise, one Canadian retailer now stocks naloxone kits, which reverse the effects of opioids. Samantha Ruttan, owner of three Shell stations in British Columbia, had 20 of her team members trained on how to administer the medicine. However, employees are required to call 911 and only intervene if they feel comfortable. “For example, if you give [the overdose victim] [Naloxone] they are going to come to and their high is going to be over,” she told local news publication Agassiz-Harrison Observer. “So, they are going to get pissed off, so it’s really important that as soon as you administer it that you back away from them and explain to them what is happening.”