Windsor, ON - Safe Supply

Did you know OAT (Opioid Agonist Therapy) cuts overdose deaths by more than half? Yep — more than half. Because recovery isn’t one-size-fits-all, and medication-assisted treatment is recovery. Let’s stop shaming people for using evidence-based care and start supporting what actually works. - #antistimga #mat #drugchecking #recovering #HarmReductionWorks #OAT #Suboxone #recovery #Methadone #RecoveryIsRecovery #EndStigma #HarmReductionIsEducation #HarmReductionIsHealthcare #MentalHealth #languagematters #EquityMatters #wellness #EvidenceBased #EducationSavesLives #education #healthandwellness #prevention #harmreduction #harmreduxwindsor #didyouknow #HarmReductionWorks

Living in your car during winter isn’t a choice—it’s survival. Harm reduction means meeting people where they are and reducing risk, not judging circumstances. Everyone deserves warmth, safety, and dignity. - #HarmReduction #Unhoused #CarLiving #WinterSafety #WindsorOntario

Ontario is continuing to shut down supervised consumption sites—and this will have real consequences. These sites save lives. That’s not opinion, that’s evidence. When they close, people don’t suddenly stop using. They use alone. In public. In unsafe spaces. And in today’s toxic drug supply, that can be a death sentence. We need to be honest about this: you can’t recover if you’re dead. Harm reduction isn’t the opposite of recovery—it’s what makes recovery possible. We should be expanding supports, not removing the ones that are already keeping people alive. This isn’t just policy. This is people. - #supervisedconsumptionsites #ontario #windsor #HarmReduction #OverdosePreventionSociety

Medetomidine has been detected in the unregulated drug supply. It is a veterinary sedative that can cause prolonged sedation and may complicate overdose response. Naloxone is still important if opioids are present, but it will not reverse medetomidine itself. Carry naloxone, avoid using alone, and stay informed. - #WindsorOntario #HarmReduction #Naloxone #SaferSupply #DrugChecking

🍝🎉 Exciting news, Windsor friends! 🎉🍝 I’ve got tickets available for Pozitive Pathways’ Pasta Dinner & Trivia Night on Thursday, June 25th, 2026 at Parks & Rec Gastropub Sports Bar! Tickets are $20 CASH ONLY, and proceeds go toward supporting essential food programs for people in our community living with HIV ❤️ 🕕 Dinner: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM 🧠 Trivia starts at 6:30 PM 📍 Parks & Rec Gastropub Sports Bar 3087 Forest Glade Dr, Windsor ON Come out for good food, trivia, community, and a great cause 💫 Message me if you’d like to grab a ticket! 🎟️ - #WindsorOntario #WindsorEvents #PozitivePathways #HIVAwareness #CommunitySupport

Access to safety should not depend on public approval. Most of us practice harm reduction every day. When we wear a seatbelt, call a taxi instead of driving after drinking, carry an EpiPen or naloxone, or putting on sunscreen before going outside. Harm reduction isn’t unusual; it’s already part of how we care for ourselves and each other. - #HarmReductionIsEducation #Awareness #harmreductionwindsorresources #harmreductionworks #OverdosePreventionSociety

Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) are often reduced in public conversation to “places where people use drugs,” but the evidence shows something much more complex. CTS sites functioned as low-barrier healthcare access points for people who are often disconnected from traditional systems. Alongside supervised consumption, people accessed wound care, overdose prevention, referrals to treatment, and basic healthcare supports that many could not reliably access elsewhere. These sites also became trusted points of care. For people who have experienced stigma, criminalization, or exclusion in healthcare settings, trust doesn’t come easily. CTS programs created consistent, non-judgmental environments where people could return and be met with care rather than conditions. The 2026 Ontario evidence brief highlights that CTS closures are not simply the removal of overdose prevention spaces, they represent the loss of integrated support systems that connected people to healthcare and stability in real time. When those connections are removed, substance use does not disappear. Instead, people are pushed further into isolation, often away from any form of immediate care or intervention. This isn’t about simplifying complex social issues. It’s about recognizing what the evidence continues to show: health services that meet people where they are reduce harm and increase connection to care. - #harmreduction #endthestigma #harmreductionsaveslives #OverdosePreventionSociety #windsorontario recovery

One of the most dangerous #myths surrounding fentanyl is the idea that you can overdose simply by touching someone, being near them, or performing CPR during an overdose emergency. Medical and toxicology experts have consistently stated that incidental skin contact with fentanyl is extremely unlikely to cause overdose. Fentanyl is not easily absorbed through intact skin in casual situations, which is why pharmaceutical fentanyl patches are specifically designed with medical-grade delivery systems to slowly absorb medication over many hours. Research examining reports of “secondhand fentanyl overdoses” among first responders has found that many symptoms described are more consistent with panic or anxiety responses rather than opioid toxicity. This misinformation matters because fear can delay life-saving action. When someone is overdosing, immediate responses like administering naloxone, providing rescue breaths or CPR, and calling emergency services can save a life. Creating fear around helping people only increases stigma and hesitation during emergencies. Education saves lives. Compassion saves lives. Accurate information matters. - #HarmReductionIsEducation #OverdosePreventionSociety #harmreductionwindsorresources #windsor

When transit is unreliable, inaccessible, or unaffordable, it disproportionately impacts low-income people, disabled people, shift workers, and those already facing instability. A functioning city should not make transportation a barrier to survival. - #harmreductionworks #transit #windsor #harmreductionwindsorresources #awarness

Harm reduction was never designed as a standalone answer. It’s one piece of a larger continuum that should also include housing, mental health support, safer supply, healthcare access, income support, trauma-informed care, and community connection. - #HarmReductionIsEducation #harmreductionist #harmreductionworks #harmreductionishousing #harmreductionwindsorresources

Harm reduction isn’t new. It isn’t radical. And we definitely need to understand, it's NOT limited to substance use. We practice harm reduction every single day. We just don’t always call it that. Seatbelts. Helmets. Condoms. Sunscreen. Designated drivers. Nicotine patches. Managed alcohol programs. Even alcohol being considered “essential” during COVID-19 to prevent dangerous withdrawal. These are all examples of recognizing that risk exists, human behaviour exists, and public health works best when we reduce preventable harm instead of pretending people will simply stop. Harm reduction is practical. Harm reduction is evidence-based. Harm reduction saves lives. The question isn’t whether society believes in harm reduction. The question is: who do we believe deserves it? - #HarmReduction #SaferSupply #PublicHealth #SubstanceUseHealth #EndStigma

Today, on Red Dress Day / National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People, we honour those who are missing, those who were taken, and the families and communities carrying unimaginable loss. The red dress is a powerful symbol of presence, absence, remembrance, and resistance. ❤️🪶 We wear red. We hang dresses. We speak their names. We demand action. - #RedDressDay #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters #May5 #WindsorOntario