The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has saved 102 lives using naloxone, since frontline officers began carrying it in September 2017. The severity of the opioid crisis is evident in the increase of opioid-related overdoses and the number of incidences where officers have had to administer naloxone to save a life. Key statistical information from September 2017 to November 2019 includes: ...
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La Police provinciale de l’Ontario fournira de la naloxone à tous les membres de première ligne et à ceux des unités spécialisées désignées. Tous les agents de première ligne recevront une trousse comprenant deux doses de naloxone sous forme de vaporisateur nasal pendant qu’ils sont en service et tous les membres des unités spécialisées sélectionnées, comme les unités du contrôle ...
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Jun 2, 2017 @ 10:26 The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will provide naloxone to all frontline members and to those in designated specialized units. Each frontline officer is being issued a kit with two doses of naloxone nasal spray while on duty, while members of selected specialized units, such as Drug Enforcement Units and Community Street Crime Units, will each ...
Read More »The Hep Care Program at Group Health Centre (GHC) is pleased to announce that, starting this week, they will begin to offer a local solution to the nationwide opioid overdose problem. The program will begin community teaching and distribution of intra-nasal naloxone kits to those that are at risk for opioid overdose and their immediate family members. Naloxone (also known ...
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