simcoe.com Advance | Thursday, September 26, 2019 | 8 up andleadtheway. one, aswell. our youths. closer tohomeandimproved mentalhealthservicesfor now have cancercentre, cardiac care ahighly regarded fy alack ofcare inaspecificarea ofhealth,we rally. We by opioids. Buttheyare notBarrie. and towns inCanadaandacross the U.S. are undersiege solely ontheeradication ofopioidaddictioninBarrie. from alllevelsdemand support ofgovernment tofocus members ofcitycounciltodeclare ahealthcrisisandto here at themunicipallevel.to start the province, which fundshealthcare, butthefighthas federal government, which drugcompanies, regulates to issue aboutus. focus: we won't loseanyone else. who have lostparents toattack thiscrisiswithasingle addiction, spouseswho have andchildren lostpartners, downtown issue;itisacity-widecrisis. at clinicsthroughout ourcity. Opioidaddictionisnota drug inthetreatment ofopioidaddiction, isdispensed andminds. ofhearts together a citydivided, when itshouldhave resulted inacoming help. nothing now ismore frightfulthanadmittingwe need change. promote understandingandcompassion,toimpact voices from thoseentrenched inthiscrisiswithagoalto ed every storytothiscrisis. We've provided of abarrage local business, are steppinguptoday todomore. sight. find ourselves aheadandwithnoplanin nofurther ers have debated anddiscussedopioidaddiction,only to intensity ofitsdestruction. demands animmediate, forceful reaction tomatch the OF OPIOIDCRISIS MUST LEADCITYOUT OUR POLITICIANS O E We are in thisfighttogether, butsomeonehastostep We canandhave moved mountains. We canmove this Our city'sresumé is secondtonone.Whenwe identi- Yes, Yes, undertaking. it'sahuge many othercities Today, we are askingMayor Lehmanandall Jeff Many canplay arole infindingasolution, from the Opioid addictionisnotanissueabout"them";it Let's unitewithparents who have lostchildren to We know methadone,which isusedasasubstitute Council's lack ofleadershiphasledtoNIMBYism and ofwhereThinking Barriewillbenext year ifwe do BarrieAdvance, weIn thisissueofThe have dedicat- Our communitywantsanddeserves more, sowe, asa It's notgoodenough. We've watched, asourcitylead- waitedandreported Barrie isintheclutches ofapublichealthcrisisthat DITORIAL PINION WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT SIGN UPFOROUR SIMCOE.COM 16) need to get thisdone." need toget right location now andwe lay this. have They the JUNE 3) SUMPTION SITE(PUBLISHED BARRIE SUPERVISEDCON- DECISION ONDOWNTOWN YOU READ: sian roulette." nyl, doingheroin isRus- done thesame." hecouldhaveall my heart guy. 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