Beating opioids: a look inside Peel’s plan to turn the tide on the overdose crisis

The opioid crisis is no longer just happening in the headlines, or out west, or south of the border. It’s here in Peel, and the region has realized it’s time to put an effective plan in motion to deal with it. With something as nuanced and unstable as the opioid crisis, this is no easy task. 

“I think everyone can appreciate how complex an issue this is, there isn't any one group that is going to solve the challenges of overdose deaths,” says Dr. Jessica Hopkins, the region’s chief medical officer of health. 

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Peel has a new plan to tackle the rising number of opioid-related harms in the region. 

Spared some of the worst impacts in terms of scale, over the last three years the number of overdoses, hospitalizations and deaths has been increasing faster in Peel than almost anywhere else in Ontario.

Published in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga on February 4, 2020