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 92: Tea ’n’ Tales and Breezy Bookworms
Episode 91: Downtown Update
Episode 90: Provincial Election Special - with Raechelle Devereaux (Liberal) and Mike Schreiner (Green)
Episode 89: Provincial Election Special - with NDP candidate James Parr
Episode 88: Royal City Science
Episode 87: National Day of Mourning
Episode 86: The Junction Village
Episode 85: Buses and Bylines
Episode 84: Mayor Guthrie’s City Update
Episode 83: Moccasin Identifier Project
Episode 82: Shaping Guelph’s Official Plan
Episode 81: Education in Ontario - A Class Act?
Episode 80: Focus on Activism in Guelph
Episode 79: IWD, ZONTA, and Human Trafficking in Guelph Wellington
Episode 78: Summer 2022 Preview - Parks and Recreation
Episode 77: 10C and the Farmers Market
Episode 76: Spring into Reading!
Episode 75: Food Insecurity
Episode 74: Bylaw Bonanza!
Episode 73: Comprehensive Zoning ByLaw Review
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