The opioid crisis is just as serious as ever, according to new numbers that show 2,000 Canadians died in the first half of 2018. As Abigail Bimman reports, it’s not just a big city problems, with smaller communities showing opioid hospitalization rates at more than double their larger counterparts.
- 10 people in Waterloo region died from drug overdoses in January
- Waterloo officers administered naloxone 35 times in 2018
- Surviving an overdose may depend where a person lives in Canada, advocate says