I’ve covered the opioid crisis for several years now in Ontario. I’ve never seen a spike like this before. A quick look at the numbers shows fentanyl appearing more and more as the cause of death for Peel overdoses.
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Ontario is scrapping a program widely praised for its ability to help people with addiction issues find work — a decision that could have significant impacts in Peel Region, which has recently experienced an astronomical rise in opioid-related emergencies.
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Since the insidiously addictive qualities of opioids began to capture national attention more than a decade ago, Peel Region has been spared some of the epidemic’s more devastating impacts.
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It was a rare good news day for Peel Region’s mental health and addictions system. On May 24, the provincial government announced $2.375 million in funding for the Peel-Dufferin branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) to assist in expanding vital services to some of the region’s most vulnerable residents.
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A year after my story on the fentanyl crisis in Oshawa was awarded by the Ontario Community Newspapers Association, I decided to follow-up and see how things had progressed.
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