The numbers are as alarming as they are tragic. From 2021 to 2023, there were 3,500 visits to emergency departments in Ottawa ...

Anyone can experience an opioid emergency, including small children ... online or at major pharmacies for between $30 and $45 a kit. Each kit contains two nasal spray applicators.

In June, the Department of Public Health reported it had distributed more than 196,500 naloxone kits (two doses per kit) since 2023, resulting in at least 10,206 overdose reversals. The bill ...

Davies noted that police and firefighters also carry Narcan kits and will sometimes arrive ... staff didn’t see any significant increases in emergency calls, adding that the warmer temperatures ...