The Ontario Provincial Police has saved 210 lives by administering naloxone since frontline officers were equipped in September 2017.
The opioid crisis continues to affect people from communities across Ontario, which is evident from the continued increase in opioid-related overdoses as well as the number of occurrences where officers have had to administer naloxone to save a life.
The majority, 68 per cent, of naloxone recipients were male and 32 per cent were female. The average age of naloxone recipients was 34.8 for females and 35.5 for males.
Most incidences occurred inside a residence.
The majority of opioid-related overdoses occurred in OPP’s Central and West Regions.
There was a 38 per cent increase in overdose occurrences attended by the OPP from 2019 to 2020.
