London Opioid Crisis
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In marking Overdose Awareness Day, MLHU looks to put focus back on region’s opioid crisisMore than 1,037 opioid-related emergency department visits were recorded in the region last year, nearly double the number seen in 2019, according to health unit figures.HealthAug 31, 2022
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Health unit unaware of Amir Farahi’s involvement with Blackridge Strategy until after he took over their fileDr. Chris Mackie says he knew that Amir Farahi was lobbying against supervised consumption sites in the city, but he initially had no idea that Farahi was involved in the firm the health unit hired to promote them.PoliticsJun 7, 2019
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London, Ont. researchers confirm new method of HIV transmission and provide prevention techniqueNew studies are showing for the first time that HIV can be transmitted through sharing equipment used to prepare drugs, but also how this transmission can be prevented.HealthApr 25, 2019
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London man puts a face to overdose deaths, says his brother ‘fell through the cracks’Jeffrey Hill wishes he could have done something to save his younger brother, Spencer, from dying outside St. Paul's Cathedral.HealthApr 11, 2019
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Opioid-related deaths decline since introduction of temporary overdose prevention site: MLHUOfficials said since the temporary overdose prevention site opened there have been more than 13,000 visits and staff have reversed 83 overdoses.CanadaFeb 28, 2019
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Death Dealing: What London is doing about opioidsSome say the discourse of opioids as an "epidemic" or a "crisis" is also problematic.CanadaApr 18, 2018
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Death Dealing: Opioids aren’t the problemSome argue the criminalization of drugs, and decisions that prevent affordable housing for people living in poverty, are problematic, "death dealing" structures.CanadaApr 17, 2018
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Death Dealing: Who uses opioids in London?It was May 6, 2006, when Josh first injected drugs on William Street north of Dundas in London. From then on he says he didn't stop and had a "needle in my arm every day."CanadaApr 16, 2018
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