Opioid overdoses on the rise as health units sound the alarm
Local health units are sounding the alarm after a surge in opioid-related poisonings.
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Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit warns of potent tranquillizer in street drugs
Health officials in Simcoe County are warning of a new highly potent animal tranquillizer that may be circulating in the unregulated drug supply.
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Simcoe Muskoka's opioid crisis on the rise, health unit reports
A new study from Western University found that about one in six people in Ontario killed by opioid overdoses in 2021 were homeless, a jarring rise from one in 14 people back in 2017, and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit says the rising numbers match up to what its seeing locally.
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Simcoe Muskoka health officials report overdose deaths nearly doubled during pandemic
Health officials in Simcoe Muskoka report a significant increase in opioid-related poisonings during the pandemic.
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Central Ontario sees increase in opioid-related deaths
Addiction to opioids, and especially the increased use of fentanyl, has become an urgent public health matter in our communities.
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Source: barrie.ctvnews.ca