ON to invest $222M over 3 years on opioid crisis.

Written by:  Meeshika Sharma   |    |  August 29th 2017 10:33 PM   |  Updated: August 29th 2017 10:33 PM
ON to invest $222M over 3 years on opioid crisis.

ON to invest $222M over 3 years on opioid crisis.

Written by:  Meeshika Sharma
Last Updated: August 29th 2017 10:33 PM
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Eric Hoskins, Health Minister of Ontario says the provincial government will invest $222 million over three years to improve access to harm reduction services and addiction treatment amid an opioid crisis in the province.

The announcement comes a day after more than 700 health care workers called on ON Premier Kathleen Wynne in an open letter to declare a provincial emergency due to a "disturbing" increase in overdose deaths.

Hoskins said he decided not to declare a provincial emergency because the Ontario government already has the tools it needs to fight the opioid crisis, but has "answered that call with a highly substantial increase in funding.

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