Opioid deaths in Toronto up sharply over pre-pandemic numbers

The opioid crisis claimed more than 520 lives in Toronto last year, a grim figure that public health officials blamed on an unregulated drug supply increasingly contaminated with toxic substances. 

In a press release Wednesday, Toronto Public Health said preliminary statistics show the city recorded 523 opioid toxicity deaths in 2023, a steep increase from figures before the pandemic. 

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