Overdose deaths: Waterloo Region’s second epidemic
This year has broken all the records in overdoses in Waterloo Region. By Nov. 3, there were 78 suspected overdose deaths in the region. That’s 15 more than for the entire last year.
Tag: opioid crisis
Contaminated substance causing new overdose symptoms in Guelph area
Public health officials say the new symptoms can take as long as 30 minutes to appear, complicating the use of life-saving naloxone.
Safe injection, safer community
EDITORIAL By Kaitlyn Mullin “More people have died as result of the opioid crisis than they did in road safety and road deaths in Waterloo Region,” said Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Chief Bryan Larkin in a public service announcement featured on CTV in August. “It is the most complex public health crisis we have ever seen.” We cannot stop addicts from consuming drugs, but as a region, we have the … Continued
