'Larger plan' needed for drug crisis after rash of overdoses: Belleville, Ont., mayor

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Officials in Belleville, Ont., say the city needs more resources to deal with an ongoing addictions and mental health crisis after emergency crews responded to 17 overdoses in 24 hours. The municipality says 14 of those overdoses occurred within a two-hour span Tuesday afternoon, prompting police to issue an advisory urging residents to stay away from the downtown core during the rash of emergency calls. Police in the southeastern Ontario community of about 50,000 residents say no one died from

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