Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Pharmacies in Toronto and across Ontario are now using time-delayed safes to secure narcotics such as oxycodone, morphine and codeine, and that have curbed the previously alarming increase in robberies.
In Toronto alone, police said there were 49 pharmacy robberies in 2021, jumping to 123 in 2022. In 2023, there were 94 pharmacy robberies. “And of course, the drugs would end up on the streets contributing to the opioid epidemic that is resulting in overdose deaths and having a traumatic and devastating effect on our communities,” Matys continued.Got an old iPhone? Here’s how to submit a class-action settlement claim
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