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A new study examining data from the Ontario coroner’s office and other sources indicates opioid-related deaths in the province’s shelters more than tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic, when compared with a few years prior. The study conducted by researchers from the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network at Toronto’s St. Michael’s …
Read More »York police issue opioid warning after multiple overdoses – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size York Regional Police in Ontario issued a public warning on the dangers of opioid use after responding to five overdoses, one of them fatal, all in one day in the Newmarket area. Police say they were called to a Queen Street address …
Read More »‘Almost died a few times’: Northern Ontario city of Sudbury grapples with opioids
GREATER SUDBURY, Ont. — Crystal Plume sits in the shade of a tree near a busy intersection in downtown Sudbury and carefully injects fentanyl into a vein on the back of her hand before licking the speck of blood left behind. The 36-year-old who regularly panhandles in the northern Ontario …
Read More »Opioid death rates tripled for Ontario teens, young adults since 2014, research shows
TORONTO — Opioid-related deaths among teens and young adults in Ontario tripled from 2014 to 2021, while drug treatment rates significantly decreased, a new report shows. Opioid deaths among those aged 15 to 24 surged during the first year of the pandemic to 169 deaths, up from 115 the year …
Read More »Naloxone kits a lifeline in a worsening opiate crisis – Winnipeg
At Northway Pharmacy Brothers, naloxone kits are flying off the shelves. The Selkirk Avenue pharmacy in Winnipeg distributes 50-70 kits per week. Each kit contains between two and four doses. But pharmacy manager Brett Roeland believes the need is actually much higher. “I’m pretty confident they’re all being used in …
Read More »U of A researchers test AI to measure risk of prescription opioids
Researchers in Alberta are experimenting with artificial intelligence to measure the risks of prescription opioids amid the ongoing drug overdose crisis across Canada. While doctors have a set protocol to identify patients at risk of opioid addiction, Dr. Dean Eurich said machine learning “could do a better job” of pinning …
Read More »Drug poisoning deaths down in Alberta compared to 2021, proportion of opioid deaths up
Drug poisoning deaths in Alberta have once again surpassed the 1,300 mark for a third year in a row. Data updated this month from the Alberta substance use surveillance system show there were 1,443 drug poisoning deaths in the province from January to November 2022, 1,347 of which were caused …
Read More »OPP warn of ‘potentially fatal’ opioid strain in central Ontario after 4 deaths
OPP are advising of a ‘highly potent and potentially fatal strain’ of illicit opioids that they say may be circulating in Simcoe County and the District Municipality of Muskoka. News Source link
Read More »Is safe supply for opioid use effective? Here’s what the experts, data say – National
Front-line workers of Canada’s opioid crisis say harm reduction approaches like safe supplies for those navigating substance use are clear even amid renewed political debate around the issue. Debate around safe supply recently reignited after Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre posted a video to his Twitter account saying initiatives like …
Read More »The opioid crisis makes all of us less safe by straining first responders
This column is an opinion from Dan Scheuerman, a retired Calgary firefighter. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. An opioid overdose 911 response begins when someone is found unconscious and barely breathing. If you’ve regularly taken public transit or walked around downtown, no doubt you’ve already witnessed …
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