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Publication Date: June 5, 2025 - 08:14

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

June 5, 2025
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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