WINDSOR, ONT. An alert was issued after a spike in the number of opioid-related emergency visits and calls in Windsor-Essex over the past week. The alter was issued Thursday after the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s surveillance and monitoring system identified the increase between July 6 and July 13. According to the Windsor-Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy Group (WECOSS) there were 26 opioid related emergency department visits, 17 of which involved fentanyl. The remaining right non-overdose opioid related emergency department visits also involved fentanyl. Additionally, WECOSS says the region had eight non-overdose methamphetamine emergency department visits as well. The group notes numbers for this week have been historically low, but this year the cases exceeded the expected threshold.
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WECOSS reports 26 opioid-related emergency visits in one week
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“Trafficking illicit drugs is a serious crime that impacts our community and the Windsor Police Service is committed to working with the public to hold offenders responsible for their actions,” Windsor police said in a news release.
“We partner alongside 28 community agencies with the Windsor-Essex Community Opioid & Substances Strategy. Further information is available on their website at: wecoss.ca.”
In March 2020 Windsor police charged a 32-year-old Windsor woman with manslaughter in connection with the death of a man in February 2020.
In March of this year Amie Decker pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of criminal negligence causing death and was sentenced to two years in jail.