Peterborough Drug Strategy

• 30% more on homeless by-name list in Peterborough compared to 2021: staff report

  A new staff report recommends city council approve $60,000 to the Peterborough Drug Strategy and $185,000 to the CMHA for a new mobile crisis intervention team staff member.

  Economy

  May 5, 2022
  
• Drug poisoning calls reach record number for Peterborough paramedics

  As of July, there have been 36 suspected drug-related deaths this year in Peterborough city and county this year.

  Health

  Aug 25, 2021
  
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• Suspected opioid overdose deaths in Peterborough reach 13 so far in 2021

  Peterborough emergency room visits related to opioid overdoses, are nearly two times higher than the provincial rate. 

  Health

  Mar 24, 2021
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• Opioid Response Hub to replace former Greyhound station in Peterborough

  Securing the 220 Simcoe St. location means that community partners can now apply to host a safe Consumptions and Treatment Services site there.

  Health

  Oct 2, 2020
• Peterborough mobile teams to visit opioid users and direct them to addiction resources

  The team will be compromised of two addiction case managers, a peer support individual from PARN, and a paramedic, thanks to a federal cash.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2020
• Naloxone kits to be implemented by Catholic school board in Peterborough

  The Peterborough Catholic School Board is discussing implementing naloxone kits into their schools after an unprecedented increase in opioid-related harms in Ontario.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2017
• Naloxone not the only answer to opioid crisis: front-line workers

  A moment of silence was held Thursday morning at police headquarters in Peterborough, to honour those who have died as a result of an overdose. Pop-up sessions around the city were teaching the public how to use Naloxone kits.

  Health

  Aug 31, 2017
• Opioid use in Peterborough and Kawarthas above provincial average

  A study published Monday, by the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, suggests that almost one in four people living in the area were given opioids for pain management in 2016.

  Health

  Aug 22, 2017