London Opioids
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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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Search of London home yields nearly $40,000 worth of drugs: policeTwo Londoners are facing a combined total of 13 trafficking-related offences following the raid.CrimeJan 7, 2020
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How London’s foot patrol officers are handling a growing number of opioid-related callsThe head of London police's foot patrol unit estimates that officers are responding to roughly three or four overdose calls per day.HealthMay 9, 2019
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Middlesex London Health Unit launches virtual tour of overdose prevention siteOfficials want to give people a better sense of the site's layout, and the work being done there.HealthJan 25, 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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