HAMILTON’S OPIOID CRISIS BY THE NUMBERS

47 deaths

199 emergency department visits in 2015

89 hospitalizations in 2015

460 naloxone (drug used to counteract opioid effects) kits distributed in 2016.

190 naloxone kits used to save a life in 2016

28 EMS calls for overdoses in the past four months

35,413 opioid prescriptions in 2015