Opioid overdoses in Ottawa are on the rise, the city's police chief says, and officers have administered naloxone to dozens of people.
Speaking to reporters ahead of Monday's Ottawa Police Services Board meeting, Chief Eric Stubbs said there has been a significant spike in calls for overdoses in 2023 compared to the year before.
Stubbs said Ottawa police officers administered naloxone 88 times so far this year, up 30 per cent compared to 2022.Stubbs told the Ottawa Police Services Board that the police service received 966 calls about overdoses so far this year, compared to 367 over the same time in 2022. Stubbs added that the police force's drug unit has been working with Ottawa Public Health to roll out a new initiative that equips frontline police officers with extra naloxone kits to give out to members of the public.
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