Opioid Crisis
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Toronto saw at least 511 opioid overdose deaths in 2021, new data suggestsThe 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.HealthMay 20
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Region had sharp rise in opioid-related deaths, hospital visits during pandemic: MLHUThe Middlesex-London Health Unit's findings mirror what's being seen across Ontario since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.HealthMay 18
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Ontario political parties promise help on opioid crisis as election loomsTwo parties pledged to help address Ontario's opioid crisis on the campaign trail Thursday.PoliticsMay 12
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$800K from Health Canada expands Peterborough safer opioid supply programAs of late April, there have been 14 suspected opioid-related deaths so far in 2022 in the Peterborough area.HealthMay 11
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Mothers advocacy group talks opioid crisis at Kelowna high schoolMoms Stop the Harm was at Okanagan Mission Secondary, talking to senior students, warning them about the dangers of doing drugs in 2022.CanadaMay 4
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B.C. sees decrease in overdose deaths in March, but drug users face risks: coronerBritish 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.HealthMay 3
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Group of national clinicians, researchers lambastes report informing Alberta’s safe supply committeeAn open letter from dozens of clinicians and researchers provided a peer review of a study commissioned by the Alberta government on safe supply.HealthMay 2
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B.C. scraps controversial plan to involuntarily treat youth after overdoseCritics 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.HealthApr 29
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Bereavement day for drug-related deaths may soon be recognized in ManitobaPoliticians 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.PoliticsApr 28
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Rise in overdoses prompts drug alert by Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health UnitThe 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.HealthApr 27
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