Opioids
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Waterloo regional council to vote on whether to endorse decriminalization of illicit drugsWaterloo regional council will vote on whether to advocate that the upper levels of government decriminalize simple possession of illicit drugs.CrimeMay 25
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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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$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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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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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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Kingston-area public health calls for decriminalization of personal use drugsThe health unit's Community Drug Safety Advisory Committee is calling on the federal government to decriminalize the use of drugs.CanadaApr 25
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14 suspected overdose deaths in Peterborough area so far in 2022: health unitSince January 2020, the Peterborough area health unit says on average there have been between three and four suspected drug-related deaths monthly.HealthApr 22
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Drug trafficking investigation in Lindsay leads to 1 arrest: policePolice in Lindsay made an arrest Tuesday as part of an ongoing drug investigation in the Durham Street East area.CrimeApr 20
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Trudeau criticizes Alberta’s response to opioid crisis during Edmonton visitPrime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Alberta government Tuesday for not addressing the opioid epidemic in ways that have proven to be effective elsewhere.PoliticsApr 12
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