For most of us, use of "drugs" such as alcohol or pain killers is not an issue. However, contaminated "street drugs" are killing Canadians at the rate of approximately 20 per day. At least 7,800 fellow Canadians are being murdered by unscrupulous dealers each year. Is there a solution to the epidemic of vulnerable people being poisoned in the Royal City?
This week Breezy Breakfast delves in to the realities of working on the front lines to keep people alive with our guests:
Bree Woods, Manager of Community Engagement and Volunteer Support for Sanguen
Kate Nixon of Your Downtown Guelph Friends and the National Overdose Response Service
Lindsey Sodtke, Harm Reduction Manager, Guelph Community Health Centre
Listen in as they answer questions about outreach services, safe consumption, opioid poisoning, and systemic issues facing so many in the Royal City.
Additional information and perspectives are provided by
Angela Allt, Social Worker with Canadian Mental Health Association
Bang Ly, Manager, Salvation Army Community and Family Services
Alex, Welcoming Streets Initiative Outreach Worker, Guelph Community Health Services
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Episode 158: Downtown Infrastructure Renewal - Update
Episode 157: International Women's Day
Episode 156: Guelph Police Services Chief Gord Cobey
Episode 155: The State of the Fourth Estate in the Royal City
Episode 153: Rental Rescue to start off 2024
Episode 152: Novel Novels and Moving Movies
Episode 151: Accessibility in Guelph and Ontario
Episode 150 - Food Security in Guelph
Episode 149: Movember - Men’s Health and Wellbeing
Episode 148: Old Reformatory Lands - History, Culture, National Park?
Episode 147 : BUDGET PRIMER - Multi-year 2024 - 2027
Episode 146: One Year of New Council in Review
Episode 145: Seasonal Stories with Local Historians Susan Ratcliffe, JayWalking and Bonnie Durtnall
Episode 144 : Parliament Update with MP Lloyd Longfield
Episode 143: 15 years of 10C in Guelph
Episode 142: Greenbelt Shenanigans and What’s Next
Episode 141: Human Rights & Equity in the Upper Grand District School Board
Episode 140: John Galt, Protests & Counterprotests, Downtown Parking
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