Editorial: The government must do more on opioids

Hundreds of health-care workers have requested that Ontario declare a state of emergency as a result of the opioid crisis.
Such a declaration would allow for an influx of funding – the signatories to an open letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne asking for the declaration estimate it should run into the millions of dollars – to create more overdose-prevention sites, money for frontline workers and more opioid programs.
The government would be well advised to listen; if it doesn&rsquo