The most recent opioid statistics show the Algoma Public Health Unit has the fourth highest death rate in Ontario
As a number of community initiatives are set to start for those with mental health and addiction challenges, Sault Ste. Marie’s mayor has reiterated the need for a safe consumption site in the community to complement them.
In his remarks, Shoemaker said he is still working on his campaign promises to see a supervised consumption site open in the Sault, as well as advocating for a return of Sault Area Hospital’s concurrent disorders day treatment program. , with 42.4 deaths per 100,000. Only Thunder Bay, North Bay and the Northwestern Health Unit have worse rates for the most recent statistics, dated June 2022.
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