January 29, 2022
Peterborough Currents
Peterborough’s new opioid response hub opened its doors Tuesday in the newly-renovated former Greyhound bus terminal on Simcoe Street.
People who use drugs can now walk in to pick up harm reduction supplies, such as sterile syringes, naloxone, and wound care kits. And once public health measures due to the current COVID-19 wave are loosened, there will be in-person addictions counselling and opioid withdrawal support, according to the local agencies running the facility.
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The former Greyhound bus station located at 220 Simcoe St. will become home to the Opioid Response Hub. Announced in October, the hub will include two services: the Harm Reduction Works Program by Peterborough Aids Resource Network (PARN), and the launched Mobile Strategic Overdose Response Team (MSORT).
“We’re happy to be back in the neighbourhood and be really accessible.” - Kerri Kightley, FourCAST (MSORT)
Mobile Supportive Overdose Resource Team (MSORT), which does follow-up visits with people who’ve overdosed and is now based out of the opioid response hub. MSORT was set up as a pilot project to help save lives in the absence of a supervised drug consumption site in Peterborough.
Learn more about MSORT on the "Our Work" Page.
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