Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction
Life Unscripted has one goal - to break down stigma by sharing the inspiring stories of people living with mental illness and addiction. Shame and fear often stop people who really need help from reaching out. COVID 19 has created a mental health and addiction pandemic. For many, anxiety is now part everyday life. Alcohol and drug use has increased as people try to cope. Host Janice Arnoldi has lived with bi-polar (manic depression) disorder for more than 30 years. She has a half hour radio show and speaks regulary to groups about mental illness.
Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction
People Will Die! Ontario Closes 10 Supervised Consumption Sites
Ontario Health minister Silvia Jones made a surprise announcement at the Association of Municiplaties of Ontario's annual conference in mid-August that no one expected – the closing of 10 supervised drug consumption sites across the province - 5 in Toronto and one in Hamilton, Guelph, Kitchener, Thunder Bay and Ottawa.
Supervised consumption sites are a big part of harm reduction strategies, offering place where people can use drugs in a safe environment. While the St. Catharines site is staying open Talia Storm from Positive Living Niagara’s Streetworks program says staff are reeling from the announcement….simply put, she’s says more people are going to die in the cities losing their sites.