poisoning or overdose

My son Pete died on Dec 23 2021 to an accidental Opioid Overdose. It will be TWENTY YEARS this year that he died.  I shake my head in absolute despair about this escalating crisis/epidemic.

From Jan 2020 to the end of November 2020…2167 people have died

59% increase over the same period in 2019

Hi All:

The Integrated Prevention and Harm Reduction (iPHARE) initiative, is a multi-pronged effort by the City of Toronto and community agencies to address opioid-related deaths in the city's shelter system. The initiative comes in response to the escalating opioid poisoning crisis in Toronto.

iPHARE has three key components:

The Integrated Prevention and Harm Reduction (iPHARE) initiative, is a multi-pronged effort by the City of Toronto and community agencies to address opioid-related deaths in the city's shelter system. The initiative comes in response to the escalating opioid poisoning crisis in Toronto.

iPHARE has three key components:

The Integrated Prevention and Harm Reduction (iPHARE) initiative, is a multi-pronged effort by the City of Toronto and community agencies to address opioid-related deaths in the city's shelter system. The initiative comes in response to the escalating opioid poisoning crisis in Toronto.

iPHARE has three key components:

Check out Skylark's webinar slides on Substance use & COVID-19: A Virtual Workshop for Service Providers. 

This presentation explores:

The MTER (Mindfulness Training for Emotional Resilience ) program was originally developed for the purpose of providing accessible mindfulness-based mental health training for front-line clinicians working in community agencies with marginalized populations.

Bell Let’s Talk provided the original grant for its development to create user-friendly resources for clients and clinical tools for mental health practitioners.

August 31^st is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD)

A global event held each year that aims to raise awareness of overdose, learn about signs and symptoms, and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death.

British Columbia (BC) has made significant efforts to respond to two public health emergencies in the past year: one due to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the other due to drug overdoses.

Canadian researchers analyzed provincial data to understand the prevalence of known risk factors associated with death due to COVID-19 among people who had a non-fatal overdose between 2015 and 2017 compared to people who didn’t have an overdose.

The researchers looked at data from the Provincial Overdose Cohort from January 2015 to December 2017.

https://www.theglobeandmail.co...lou-kristy-draws-on/

Laura Stone,Queen's Park Reporter July 6 2020

Providing harm reduction and overdose support has changed post COVID-19.  The Homelessness Services Association of B.C developed a guide outlining steps to take should you need to respond to an overdose incident while minimizing the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

CAMH’s recovery college, in partnership with Skylark, is running a series of harm reduction workshops. These workshops are designed by and for youth with lived experience of mental health and/or addiction challenges.

On Tuesday Mar 3 2020, I did the opening speech at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences for the Deputy Premier & Minister of Health Christine Elliot (pic attached) and also the Associate Minister of Mental Health & Addiction, Michael Tibollo (pic attached).   Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Elliot announced the Roadmap to Wellness: A Plan to Build Ontario's Mental Health and Addictions System.  Government, healthcare leaders and media from across Ontario listened as I shared from my personal experience of the system gaps, unmet ser