Block leaders program employs drug users, homeless to address social disorder in ByWard Market (Citizen)

Ottawa Citizen - June 19, 2024

Ottawa Inner City Health has launched a program designed to rebuild a sense of community among ByWard Market drug users — and to address the social disorder that now troubles the neighbourhood.

The Block Leaders Program employs drug users and shelter residents to do the hard work of refashioning human connections shredded by fentanyl, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the death toll wrought by a toxic drug supply.

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