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Publishing date: May 20, 2021 • 32 minutes ago • 2 minute read • Ontario health units are warning of increased opioid poisonings and of drugs laced with potentially lethal opioids unsafe for human consumption. They offer free naloxone kits to counteract - temporarily - the effects of overdose. Photo by Emma Meldrum /Emma Meldrum/The Daily Press
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On the heels of a troubling new report about increasing opioid deaths locally and across Ontario, health units are warning of tainted drugs now in circulation.
Hastings and Prince Edward Counties have not recorded a spike in opioid toxicity in recent weeks, the release noted, but neighbouring regions from Peterborough to Leeds-Grenville have – and such cases are not always reported, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health announced Thursday in a news release.
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Published Friday, February 12, 2021 6:07PM EST TPH confirmed that Toronto Paramedic Services responded to 38 calls for suspected opioid overdose deaths last month, which prompted a drug alert to be issued. This is the highest number of opioid overdose-related deaths reported by paramedics in a month since we began monitoring in 2017, TPH said in a release. It surpassed the previous high of 34 opioid deaths recorded in December 2020. TPH noted that their data does not capture all drug-related deaths. On the last weekend of January, TPH said the city s paramedic services received the highest number of suspected opioid overdose calls in a 24-hour period, attending to 40 incidents.
TORONTO The city set a grim new record in January after 38 people died due to a suspected opioid overdose, Toronto Public Health said Friday. TPH confirmed that Toronto Paramedic Services responded to 38 calls for suspected opioid overdose deaths last month, which prompted a drug alert to be issued. This is the highest number of opioid overdose-related deaths reported by paramedics in a month since we began monitoring in 2017, TPH said in a release. It surpassed the previous high of 34 opioid deaths recorded in December 2020. TPH noted that their data does not capture all drug-related deaths. On the last weekend of January, TPH said the city s paramedic services received the highest number of suspected opioid overdose calls in a 24-hour period, attending to 40 incidents.