By Rosalind Russell – Dr. M. Mustafa Hirji, Acting Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer for Public Health Sudbury & Districts, and Heidi Eisenhauer, Executive Director for Réseau ACCESS Network will co-chair the Community Drug Strategy for the Sudbury District.
The Community Drug Strategy is realigning its structure to focus on the recommendations from the Greater Sudbury Summit on Toxic Drugs.
This means shifting emphasis away from enforcement to more root cause approaches on health promotion, providing comprehensive supports like housing and employment, and substance use care.
Dr. Mustafa says as the unregulated drug supply becomes more toxic, the larger community must work collectively to reduce harms and save lives, while addressing the root social causes of this crisis to the best of our abilities. The new focus will be put into place over the next year.
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Eisenhauer adds by adding wrap around supports, like housing, education, and stable employment as a stream of work within the strategy, they are acknowledging the role that the lack of basic needs plays in the crisis.
For more information on the Community Drug Strategy and substance use, visit phsd.ca/cds.
Photo: The Community Drug Strategy is taking a new approach in dealing with the toxic drug crisis focusing on housing, counselling and other services rather than enforcement and legal measures. Logo provided by PHSD
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