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Toronto is getting its first safe drug supply sites — here’s how they’ll work
Safe supply sites are set to open in Toronto for the first time — a shift that comes amid a worsening…
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Pandemic worsens Canada’s deadly opioid overdose epidemic
An epidemic of fatal drug overdoses across Canada is on the rise amid COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that harm-reduction workers and…
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Green Party would decriminalize all drug possession if elected
The Green Party would decriminalize all drug possession if elected in October, leader Elizabeth May said Saturday on the campaign trail…
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Cabbagetown residents blame supervised injection site for crime spike
Some residents in Cabbagetown are blaming a local supervised injection site for an increase in crime and drugs in their…
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Bell Island fought for an addictions clinic. And now it’s got one
Nicole Martin-Boone was addicted to opioids for seven years. The way she was living during that time wasn’t really a…
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Over 1,000 Ontarians died from opioid overdoses in first 9 months of 2018
Nearly 400 Ontarians died from opioid overdoses last summer, according to new provincial data. Public Health Ontario has released updated…
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Opioid overdoses, deaths in Peterborough prompt calls for more help from province
A spike in opioid overdoses and deaths in Peterborough, Ont., is prompting a call for the Ford government to do more…
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Over 600 Ontarians died from opioid overdoses in first 6 months of last year
New numbers show that 629 Ontarians died from opioid overdoses in the first six months of 2018. That’s an approximately…
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