Reducing substance-related harms in Bruce and Grey counties
As a collaborative of public service providers, businesses and community members, it is our mission to improve the health and wellbeing for individuals, families and communities in Bruce and Grey counties by reducing health and social harms associated with substances.
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11% of Ontario students report using an opioid nonmedically.
Ontario Student Drug and Health Survey
Substance related ER visit rates more than doubled between 2001 and 2015
Grey Bruce Public Health
There is a lack of identity and history. There is a need for a connection, a human need for love and belonging and if it’s not there, our people may turn to something else”
Local service provider
In Canada, there are more hospitalizations caused by alcohol than heart attacks.
Canadian Institute for Health Information
More than half of substance-related ER visits in Grey Bruce involve alcohol.
Grey Bruce Health Unit
Staying well is about reaching out. Finding that connection”
Client of CMHA Grey Bruce Mental Health and Addiction Services
Grey Bruce Drug Strategy endorses Policy Solutions to End the Drug Poisoning Crisis
Learn more @ https://drugstrategy.org/initiative/call-to-action/.
Resources to support the engagement of People With Lived Experience
Looking to engage people with lived experience of substance use and addiction in service planning? Here are some resources to help get you started.
How to Involve People Who Use Drugs. Click HERE.
Peer Positive Toolbook. Click HERE.
Harm Reduction Fundamentals: A toolkit for service providers. Click HERE.
latest resources
May 4, 2023
Grey County Committee Report- Community Drug & Alcohol Strategy Presentation Summary Report
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August 29, 2022
Media Release: Overdose memorials planned by friends and families in Grey-Bruce
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August 17, 2022
Poster – International Overdose Awareness Day 2022
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