Over the past 12 years, according to the study, 220 people in the Thunder Bay district died from overdoses. The worst year appears to have been 2014, which saw 17.4 deaths per 100,000 people, compared to the Ontario rate of 4.9 deaths per 100,000. Powerful opioid drugs are killing people in Thunder Bay at a higher rate than anywhere else in Ontario, a new report states. While most fatal overdoses in Ontario are attributable to fentanyl, the main killer in Thunder Bay is methadone, the report says. The Thunder Bay report concludes that solid information provided by opioid users themselves is still needed, as is more information from those around them.

Source: thestar March 28, 2018 18:33 UTC