More than 2,200 died of opioids in Ontario last year as numbers trend downward: data

More than 2,200 died of opioids in Ontario last year as numbers trend downward: data

TORONTO — More than 2,200 Ontarians died from opioids last year, a 15 per cent decrease from 2023, newly released data from the Office of the Chief Coroner shows.
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