Opioid Crisis

• Toronto saw at least 511 opioid overdose deaths in 2021, new data suggests

  The preliminary data released by the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario represents a 74 per cent increase from 2019 and a 273 per cent increase from numbers recorded in 2015.

  Health

  May 20
  
• Region had sharp rise in opioid-related deaths, hospital visits during pandemic: MLHU

  The Middlesex-London Health Unit's findings mirror what's being seen across Ontario since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

  Health

  May 18
  
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• Ontario political parties promise help on opioid crisis as election looms

  Two parties pledged to help address Ontario's opioid crisis on the campaign trail Thursday.

  Politics

  May 12
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• $800K from Health Canada expands Peterborough safer opioid supply program

  As of late April, there have been 14 suspected opioid-related deaths so far in 2022 in the Peterborough area.

  Health

  May 11
• Mothers advocacy group talks opioid crisis at Kelowna high school

  Moms Stop the Harm was at Okanagan Mission Secondary, talking to senior students, warning them about the dangers of doing drugs in 2022.

  Canada

  May 4
• B.C. sees decrease in overdose deaths in March, but drug users face risks: coroner

  British Columbia's chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says the latest overdose figures show 165 people died in March, down from 174 in February and 209 in January.

  Health

  May 3
• Group of national clinicians, researchers lambastes report informing Alberta’s safe supply committee

  An open letter from dozens of clinicians and researchers provided a peer review of a study commissioned by the Alberta government on safe supply.

  Health

  May 2
• B.C. scraps controversial plan to involuntarily treat youth after overdose

  Critics said a lack of support outside a hospital could put youth at greater risk of overdose as their tolerance to toxic street drugs would be lowered during treatment.

  Health

  Apr 29
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• Bereavement day for drug-related deaths may soon be recognized in Manitoba

  Politicians say a bereavement day would raise awareness of the growing problem of drug addiction in Manitoba. Early data shows there were 407 drug-related deaths in 2021.

  Politics

  Apr 28
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• Rise in overdoses prompts drug alert by Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit

  The health said contributing factors may include people using drugs alone or a potentially contaminated or poisoned drug supply that is leading to more severe overdose reactions.

  Health

  Apr 27