Toronto Overdoses

• Toronto Public Health reports record high for daily overdose calls

  Toronto Public Health says the city has set a sobering new single-day high for overdose calls.

  Canada

  Jan 31
• Toronto Public Health reports record number of overdose deaths in December, calls for more action

  Toronto's overdose death toll in December 2020 was the worst since public health officials began tracking the data.

  Canada

  Jan 29
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• Police warn of suspected overdoses in downtown Toronto

  Between Thursday and Monday, police said officers responded to a number of calls about overdoses in the downtown core.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2020
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• Man arrested after 12 people suffer overdoses at Toronto supervised injection site

  Emergency crews were called to the site on Victoria Street, near Yonge-Dundas Square, at around 5:15 p.m. for reports of a "medical emergency."

  Health

  Feb 27, 2020
• 7 assessed, 5 treated with naloxone, after suspected overdoses at Toronto Public Health clinic

  A Toronto police spokesperson told Global News emergency crews were first called to the Victoria Street office, which houses a supervised injection site, at around 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

  Health

  Feb 26, 2020
• Advocacy group to open unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood

  The Toronto Overdose Prevention Society says the decision to operate out of tents in a park in the Parkdale neighbourhood follows the provincial government's decision to put the opening of a sanctioned site in the area on hold.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2018
• Alert issued after 7 fatal overdoses in part of downtown Toronto, drugs may be laced with opioids

  "Everybody should be wary. The amount of fentanyl it takes to kill you is almost imperceptible to the eye and carfentanil is a hundred times more potent."

  Health

  Aug 14, 2018
• Toronto’s Veld Music Festival introduces new safety measures amid recent spike in drug overdoses

  News of the new measures came just before Toronto police issued public safety alerts late last week in the wake of a recent spike of overdose deaths, with as many as six drug-related fatalities being recorded in the city since July 27.

  Consumer

  Aug 4, 2017