Peterborough Drug Overdoses

• Peterborough Public Health issues drug alert after multiple drug poisonings

  Officials believe a red opioid product with an increased level of toxicity is to blame for a recent spike in drug poisonings in Peterborough, Ont.

  Crime

  Feb 9, 2023
  
• Online portal, drug reporting tool to help tackle Peterborough-area opioid crisis: health unit

  On average over the last year, the health unit says a person has died from a drug poisoning every 10 days.

  Health

  Jun 9, 2022
  
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• Peterborough area reports 44 suspected opioid overdose deaths in 2021

  Peterborough Public Health reports 44 suspected opioid-related deaths in the region in 2021, up from 43 reported in 2020.

  Health

  Jan 12, 2022