Ontario Opioid Overdoses

• Naloxone kits mandatory in high risk Ontario workplaces starting today

  As of today, workplace safety legislation mandates what the government has called ``high-risk'' workplaces to have a naloxone kit available.

  Canada

  May 31, 2023
  
• Fatal opioid overdoses in Ontario surge during COVID-19 pandemic: report

  The report from the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network found fatal opioid overdoses were up more than 75 per cent after COVID-19 hit in 2020, compared to the year before.

  Health

  May 19, 2021
  
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• After losing their sons to lethal opioids, these two mothers are fighting back

  Evelyn Pollock and Angie Gorog continue to work and advocate in the community following the overdose deaths of their sons.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2018
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• Ontario launches website to make opioid data public

  Ontario has launched a website that makes opioid-related data available to health-care workers and the public.

  Health

  May 24, 2017
• Opioid overdose deaths in Ontario will soon be tracked faster

  Ontario's chief coroner is making drastic changes to the collection of information on fatal opioid overdoses to gain a better picture of the growing crisis throughout the province, by investigating deaths in a much more timely fashion.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2017
• Ontario to track opioid overdoses on weekly basis for first time after spike in deaths

  Starting April 1, Ontario hospitals will begin tracking opioid overdoses in the province on a weekly basis for the first time in an effort to gain a near real-time look at the growing crisis, according to a letter from the provincial health minister obtained by Global News.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2017