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.
11% of Ontario students report using an opioid nonmedically.
Ontario Student Drug and Health Survey
Success is defined by the patient. It’s what the patient strives for. It might be harm reduction, like using clean needles”
Local healthcare provider
50% of cannabis users don’t think that cannabis use affects their driving. But studies show cannabis use can impair driving and is associated with an increased risk of collisions.
Canadian Cannabis Survey
In Canada, there are more hospitalizations caused by alcohol than heart attacks.
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Health is fundamental to the farm, if you lose your health you can’t do anything else.”
Grey County Farmer
Substance related ER visit rates more than doubled between 2001 and 2015