Opioids cut with benzos linked to increased suspected overdoses in Simcoe County Increase in ER visits for suspected opioid overdoses has increased over the past few weeks Read More > Facebook Twitter 18.08.2021
Province commits nearly $33 million to addiction treatment and support, with focus on opioid addiction Funding to support Rapid Access Addiction Medicine programs, among others Read More > Facebook Twitter 07.07.2021
30% of Ontario’s opioid overdose deaths were construction workers 2,500 Ontarians died of drug overdoses in 2020, up from 1,500 in 2019 Read More > Facebook Twitter 01.06.2021
Opioid abuse claimed six lives a day in Ontario during start of pandemic Researchers found increasing rates of opioid-related deaths among young adults in Ontario. Read More > Facebook Twitter 26.05.2021
Canada’s opioid overdose crisis has ‘intensified’ amid pandemic Paramedics in Toronto responded to 25 suspected opioid overdose deaths in April. Read More > Facebook Twitter 18.06.2020
Naloxone, Needle Exchange Bins Made More Available As City Pushes Back Against Opioid Crisis Pilot Projects Not Funded From Tax Base Read More > Facebook Twitter 04.11.2019
Ontario set to join class action suit over opioid crisis Opioid manufacturers and pharmacies targetted Read More > Facebook Twitter 27.05.2019
American drug company founder convicted in opioid case Accused of bribing doctors to sell more fentanyl Read More > Facebook Twitter 03.05.2019
American pharmaceutical wholesaler facing opioid-related charges First charges of their kind Read More > Facebook Twitter 24.04.2019
Few benefits to enacting a public health emergency over Opioid Crisis in Barrie Staff report advises against it Read More > Facebook Twitter 18.03.2019
