Ontario opioid deaths

• Ontario looking to make naloxone kits mandatory at high-risk workplaces

  Some high-risk workplaces listed by the Ontario government include construction sites, bars and nightclubs.

  Health

  Mar 1
  
• Half of Ontario opioid deaths interacted with health care system the month before: study

  And one in four had seen a doctor, gone to an emergency department or been discharged from hospital just a week prior, the research shows.

  Health

  Jan 18
  
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• Large increase in number of opioid deaths, ER visits in Ontario

  Public Health Ontario has released updated statistics that indicate 435 people died from opioid-related causes from January to March 2019 - up from 307 deaths during the same period in 2018.

  Health

  Dec 13, 2019
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• More than 2 people a day dying of opioid overdoses in Ontario: study

  The rate of opioid-related deaths in the province has almost quadrupled over the last 25 years.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2017