The new Ontario government mandate for 'high risk' workplaces in Ontario to carry naloxone kits on-site. Anne Marie Hopkins, Manager of Ottawa Inner City Health supervised consumption service.
A file photo of syringes in a container. Ottawa Public Health released an update on its overdose response strategy at the city's board of health meeting, outlining some old and new ideas to address the opioid crisis and reduce deaths. As drug use continues to change, Ottawa Public Health is looking for more money and resources to help tackle the city's ongoing opioid crisis.
Many of the recommendations would rely on Ontario government funding, and the report requests that the board of health's chair write a letter to the Minister of Health and the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services to ask for it. The OPH report asks the board to urge the province to work on reducing deaths caused by inhalation and for sustainable funding for safer inhalation services.
The 'block leaders' pilot program trained around 120 people who have experience living on the street and using drugs to interact with fellow community members. They have been handing out naloxone and needle disposal containers.
"If you're staying in a shelter and you don't have a steady place to be where can you get a job?" she said. But with the two-hour shifts, "it really opens the door to be able to do something for your community, feel a bit better about yourself and have some sort of schedule where time seems very lost and the only ability to cope is through drugs."
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