Opioids will be the focus of a Provincial Police event today on Social Media.

OPP are taking to Facebook and Periscope between 12:15 pm and 12:45 pm today (Monday) to discuss their four-pillared response to the opioid crisis and the OPP’s role in the response.

According to Public Health Ontario opioids are a growing issue in Ontario, with numbers of opioid-related deaths and overdoses rising each year.

The latest stats show that prior to three opioid-related deaths in the North Bay area in June 2017, there had only been one related death in the previous nine months.

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