The Public Health Agency of Canada reported that there were at least 1,833 overdose deaths in the country between January and March.
The number of Canadians who lost their lives to a toxic drug supply increased in the first three months of 2022, according to federal data released Wednesday.
That’s up from 1,722 deaths during the same period in 2021, and 1,018 deaths between January and March 2020. Nearly 31,000 Canadians have lost their lives to overdose deaths since January 2016.The report also blames “increased feelings of isolation, stress and anxiety, and changes in the availability or accessibility of services for people who use drugs” due to the COVID-19 pandemic as reasons behind the worsening of the opioid crisis.
Instead, the government has invested $67 million in about 20 safe supply pilot projects — which advocates say still present barriers to many people looking to access drugs due to eligibility criteria and hours of operation. The data released Wednesday “paints a tragic and serious picture of how the overdose crisis, and the increasingly toxic illegal drug supply, continues to devastate families and communities across Canada,” said Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett in a statement.
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