January 8: Opiod deaths at record levels locally
- Publication
- Kawartha411.ca, 8 Jan 2021
Description
- Creator
- VanMeer, Pamela, Reporter
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- According to data obtained from Public Health Ontario, 2020 could be the deadliest year yet for Opioid overdoses and deaths locally.
For the first eight months of 2020 there were 25 confirmed or probable deaths from Opioid overdoses in the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit catchment area.That’s 25% higher than the total for the entire year in 2019. There were 20 deaths in 2019.
“Anecdotally, we know of situations in which toxic illicit drugs have been used locally, with very bad results. (For whatever reason, the problem has (seems to have gotten worse)” - Publisher
- Pamela VanMeer
- Place of Publication
- Kawartha Lakes, ON
- Date of Original
- 8 Jan 2021
- Date Of Event
- 8 Jan 2021
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- MacDonald, Catherine
- Language of Item
- English
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