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 50: PRIDE! LGBTQ2S+
Episode 49: Open Mic
Episode 48: The Library and the Baker Street Saga
Episode 47: A visit from OPIRG Guelph
Episode 46: the Reformatory Lands
Episode 45: Youth Takeover
Episode 44: MP Lloyd Longfield
Episode 43: Open Mic!
Episode 42: Honouring the National Day of Mourning
Episode 41: For Disability Justice
Episode 40: 2050 is Too Late
Episode 39: Highway 413 and the Greenbelt
Episode 38: Open Mic!
Episode 37: Making Relationship with Water
Episode 36: In Defense of Day Programs
Episode 35: The YIMBY Campaign
Episode 34: International Women's Day
Episode 33: Krista Walkey
Episode 32: Open Mic!
Episode 31: State of the City
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