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Please be advised, this survey is no longer active. For overdose related data in Waterloo Region including previous alerts, overdose bulletins, and data on overdose-related deaths, please visit the Waterloo Region Integrated Drugs Strategy website here.
If you would like to report a tainted substance in the community, or unusual side effects to a common drug, email the Waterloo Region Integrated Drugs Strategy.
If you are experiencing distress as a result of an overdose or would like to speak to someone about addictions, mental health support, or crisis services please contact Here 24/7 at 1-844-437-3247 or visit their website at www.here247.ca.
Need Naloxone?
If you or someone you know uses substances, they may be at risk for an overdose. Naloxone is medication that temporarily reverses an overdose. Naloxone can safe a life and is available free-of-charge at many local pharmacies and through a number agencies in Waterloo Region. For updated hours and locations of Naloxone Distribution Programs please visit the Region of Waterloo website.
Naloxone Distribution Programs in Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge
Waterloo |
Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 2nd Floor, 99 Regina St. South, Waterloo 519-575-4400 Wed, Thu, and Fri – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. |
Kitchener |
ACCKWA – Safepoint Needle Exchange Program 5-1770 King St. East, Kitchener 519-570-3687 Sanguen Community Health Van Call or text The Van 519-591-4826 ACCKWA at St. John’s Kitchen 2nd floor, 97 Victoria St. North, Kitchener 519-745-8928 oneROOF Youth Services 242 Queen St. South, Kitchener 519-742-2788 ext. 207 Towards Recovery Clinic Kitchener 1145 King St. East, Kitchener 519-579-9647 OATC Kitchener 509 Park St., Kitchener 519-746-1919 OATC Kitchener East 1253 King St. East, Unit 4, Kitchener 519-279-6078 |
Cambridge |
Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 150 Main St. East, Cambridge 519-575-4400, Wed, Thu, and Fri – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ACCKWA Satellite Office (c/o Cambridge Self-help Food Bank) 2nd Floor, 54 Ainslie St. South, Cambridge 519-622-6550 The Bridges (across from Shoppers Drug Mart) 26 Simcoe St., Cambridge 519-624-9990 OATC Cambridge 150 Main St., Cambridge 519-624-6311 |
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