Opinion: Downtown methadone clinics are a good thing
I have been on methadone since August 2016 and let me tell you it has been the best decision I have ever made in my life!
Continue ReadingOpinion: Downtown methadone clinics are a good thing
Clinic, naloxone helping city’s significant opioid problem, emergency doctor says
“Peterborough Regional Health Centre has third highest rate of ER visits for opioid poisoning in new study” A report ranking Peterborough with the third-highest number of emergency department visits speaks to the city’s “significant problem” with opioid use, says a doctor who is leading harm-reduction efforts at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. More overdoses are […]
Continue ReadingWhat it’s like being a methadone doctor
Written by Dr. John Crosby – November 28, 2017 for canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca . I recently had lunch with Dr. Andrew Worster, an old friend from my emergency days 25 years ago. He works at an opioid addiction clinic in Cambridge, Ont., and still does ER shifts at Hamilton General Hospital. He works in the ER one […]
Continue Reading
Hamilton music community hosts overdose training as opioid crisis grips city
Event is happening at This Ain’t Hollywood in downtown Hamilton tonight “Ace Piva knows the dangers of opioid addiction all too well. He’s seen it up close — both as a tour manager across Canada, and as an addictions counsellor in Hamilton. Now, as overdoses and deaths due to opioid use continue to mount across the […]
Continue ReadingCATC – partnering to improve lives of patients
CATC – partnering to improve lives of patients. . Click the video or here to view.
Continue ReadingRecovery Day to bring awareness, support and hope
Tara Edeh from the Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres and founder of Recovery Day, Annie McCullough shed light on Recovery Day dedicated to help out people coming out of any kind of addictions. – video courtesy of BT Breakfast Television. . Click here to view video.
Continue Reading