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Fatal opioid overdoses in Ontario surge during COVID-19 pandemic: report
pandemic, with the homeless population and those who were unemployed accounting for a significant portion of fatal overdoses, a new report has found.The report released Wednesday from the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital found fatal opioid overdoses were up more than 75 per cent after COVID-19 hit in 2020, compared to the year before.“It’s alarming because these increases in overdose deaths are continuing unabated,” said Tara Gomes, a co-author of the report.