Tag: Drug Poisoning Awareness Day

GUELPH POLITICAST #431 – Space, Supply and Stigma (feat. Jean Hopkins and Leandra Gilbert)

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As we do at the end of August, we’re marking Drug Poisoning Awareness Day, and it hasn’t been a great week for the people fighting this issue. Last week, the Ontario government decided that no safe consumption site can be within 200 metres of a school or daycare, including the one at Guelph Community Health Centre. The drug poisoning crisis is not getting any better, and now there’s the possibility that it’s going to get worse. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #431 – Space, Supply and Stigma (feat. Jean Hopkins and Leandra Gilbert)” →

“We Love All of You, We Hear You, And We’re Here for You.” Guelph Gathers Again to End the Stigma

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“My name is Nicolas. I’m an addict. I’ve done fentanyl, I’ve done meth, I’ve done every drug out there, but I am not a bad person.” If there was an overarching sentiment on the sixth annual Drug Poisoning Awareness Day (formally Overdose Awareness Day), it was that. Several community members took part and offered words of remembrance, words of caring, and words of desire that we further advance the cause of ending overdose deaths. Continue reading ““We Love All of You, We Hear You, And We’re Here for You.” Guelph Gathers Again to End the Stigma” →

$1.8 Million More Going to Safe Supply and Another Addiction Treatments in Guelph

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As local addiction agencies mark Drug Poisoning Awareness Day in the next week, a special delivery came from from the federal government on Tuesday. Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield announced additional funds through Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP); $1.8 million that will go to three programs that will ensure support and treatment for people in the Guelph area who are addicted to substances. Continue reading “$1.8 Million More Going to Safe Supply and Another Addiction Treatments in Guelph” →

Public Health Issues Warning After 17 Drug Poisoning

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A late-summer warning to people in the Guelph area that use substances from the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy, there’s been a drastic increase in the number of drug poisonings in the last few weeks. According to the WGDS, there have been 17 drug poisoning in the last two weeks, including four suspected drug-related deaths. The potential cause is the appearance of light purple-coloured fentanyl. Continue reading “Public Health Issues Warning After 17 Drug Poisoning” →