Opioids

Tragic death leads to debate about opioids within Alderville community, says chief

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Tragic death leads to debate about opioids within Alderville community, says chief

Robert Washburn September 7, 2024

The show (full interview): International Overdose Awareness Day was last week. A tragic death caused by a...

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Drug strategy group dealing with opioid crisis returns at public meeting in Port Hope

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Drug strategy group dealing with opioid crisis returns at public meeting in Port Hope

Robert Washburn July 1, 2023

The show: The full interview with bonus material: The health unit says there were between one and...

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Port Hope woman shares life experience of drug use and recovery, plus advocacy and activism

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Port Hope woman shares life experience of drug use and recovery, plus advocacy and activism

Robert Washburn April 22, 2023

The show: The full interview with bonus material: Over the past few weeks, the opioid crisis emerged...

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Volunteers to launch overdose prevention site in Cobourg to support users, says organizer

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Volunteers to launch overdose prevention site in Cobourg to support users, says organizer

Robert Washburn March 18, 2023

The show: The full interview with bonus material: In the act of defiance, a group of activists...

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Health unit plays key role in tackling the opioid crisis in Northumberland

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Health unit plays key role in tackling the opioid crisis in Northumberland

Robert Washburn July 23, 2022

The show: The full interview with bonus material: The recent tragic death of Kory Trenouth brought into...

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Responding to an overdose death: See the person, not just the problem, says advocate

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Responding to an overdose death: See the person, not just the problem, says advocate

Robert Washburn July 2, 2022

The interview for the Daily Wrap: Just after midnight Thursday, a 36-year-old man was found in distress...

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Cobourg police chief calls for all hands on deck to fight drug epidemic

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Cobourg police chief calls for all hands on deck to fight drug epidemic

Robert Washburn January 3, 2020

So, for our first show of 2020, it seemed like a good idea to revisit one of...

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Task force on opioids to hold first meeting in September, says health unit official

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Task force on opioids to hold first meeting in September, says health unit official

Robert Washburn August 30, 2019

A task force led by the health unit involving local police, Northumberland Hills Hospital, and emergency services...

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Green Wood Coalition reaches out, but also searching for answers to opioid crisis

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Green Wood Coalition reaches out, but also searching for answers to opioid crisis

Robert Washburn August 23, 2019

We have certainly talked to many different people over the past few weeks about Opioids in Northumberland....

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Caring in a crisis – hospital emergency and mental health leaders on opioids in Northumberland

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Caring in a crisis – hospital emergency and mental health leaders on opioids in Northumberland

Robert Washburn August 16, 2019

  So far in the series on Opioids in Northumberland, we have heard from law enforcement and...

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