Waterloo Region Integrated Drugs Strategy

• Waterloo regional council endorses decriminalization of illicit drugs

  Waterloo regional council passed a motion to advocate that the upper levels of government decriminalize simple possession of illicit drugs in an effort to combat the opioid crisis.

  Canada

  May 26, 2022
  
• Waterloo regional council to vote on whether to endorse decriminalization of illicit drugs

  Waterloo regional council will vote on whether to advocate that the upper levels of government decriminalize simple possession of illicit drugs.

  Crime

  May 25, 2022
  
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• Opioid overdose alert issued for Waterloo Region after 6 deaths, multiple serious overdoses

  Last year was the second-deadliest in Waterloo Region history connected to opioid use as 99 people suffered suspected opioid-related deaths.

  Crime

  Jan 31, 2022
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• Alert issued for Waterloo Region after 3 suspected overdose deaths on Saturday

  An overdose alert has been issued for Waterloo Region after there were nine suspected overdose deaths over the first 18 days of December.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2021
• Waterloo officials say substance seized in Ontario resembles cannabis but contains carfentanil

  Health officials did not say where in the province the substance was seized but added that it has not been found in Waterloo Region.

  Cannabis

  May 22, 2019