Summary: <p>Last week, paramedics in Belleville, Ontario responded to 13 drug overdoses in a single hour. By the time the city declared a state of emergency two days later, the total had reached almost two dozen.</p><p><br></p><p>So how did these near-simultaneous overdoses unfold? What caused them? And how can we stop the spikes of drug poisonings that have been happening in cities across Ontario?</p><p><br></p><p>Dan Taekema is CBC’s reporter covering eastern Ontario communities from Belleville, to Kingston, and beyond.</p><p><br></p><p>For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts</p><p><br></p><p>Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>
