Videos

Crystal Methamphetamin On The Street

AN INTERVIEW WITH ROSE MOORE. Rose is a peer outreach worker at Street Health Centre in Kingston and a member of the OHRDP Provincial Advisory Committee. She has been with Street Health for 16 years. She is an ex-addict and suffers from post-traumatic stress since childhood. Rose believes that people use drugs as a way to cope with emotional and physical pain and that we need to treat the cause of the pain before treating the addiction. In this video clip Rose speaks about the challenges of crystal methamphetamine and its affect on people in our world today. Click here to view.

A Perspective on Sex Trade

AN INTERVIEW WITH RHONDA THOMPSON. Rhonda has been the StreetWorks needle exchange Coordinator for the past 8 years. She is currently involved in the Niagara Sex Trade Task Force that was mobilized in response to 5 murders of sex trade workers in the Niagara Region over the last several years. Rhonda gives us a perspective on sex trade: the challenges people endure when their lives are shattered by issues of violence, addiction and mental health. Click here to view.

Hep C: Prevention, Testing & Treatment

AN INTERVIEW WITH ZOE DODD. Zoe is the Hepatitis C Support worker at Street Health Toronto. She is a skilled frontline worker, who does community development work, case management, and public education in a harm reduction framework. Zoe has been instrumental in helping with the development of new Hepatitis C treatment programs at South Riverdale Community Health Centre and Regent Park Community Health Centre in Toronto. Here, Zoe speaks about issues related to hepatitis C, street involved life and substance use. Click here to view.

Putting A Human Face On Crack

AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANK COBURN. Frank is an HIV/HCV Harm Reduction Outreach Worker in downtown Toronto. He was a member of Toronto mayor David Miller's committee responsible for drafting the present Toronto Drug Strategy Report. Frank presents regularly at Harm Reduction Conferences across Ontario and draws from personal experience to illustrate the importance of Harm Reduction as a necessary intervention in dealing with substance use. He was recently featured on the CBC documentary: Crack Sunday.

Frank provides us with a commentary on the situation in Toronto, Ottawa and across Canada for people who use crack cocaine. Click here to view.

The Brokenness We Share

The Brokenness We Share from KSHC on Vimeo.

The Brokenness We Share tells the story behind one inner-city community health centre working with marginalized communities, including people who use illicit drugs. It is about understanding drug use, addiction, and the common vulnerabilities we all share. It is about breaking down the false divide between “us” and “them”.

Street Health Centre is located in Kingston Ontario. The Brokenness We Share is narrated by Ron Shore, the Program Director of the Centre who has worked in harm reduction for more than 15 years, and contains interviews with clients and staff.

How Much Citric

The film shows real heroin being prepared for injection and explains exactly how an acidifier helps the drug dissolve in water. Both vitamin C (vit C) and citric acid are acidifiers that work the same in dissolving the drug. In the film they use citric acid. OHRDP supplies Vitamin C (vit C). The 300mg vit C sachet has 3 times the amount of powder that the 100mg citric sachet has, because weight for weight, vit C isn’t as strong as citric acid.

Take into consideration while watching the film and when using the product that vit C is less strong than citric acid and therefore more is needed to dissolve the drug. The process shown in the film, using citric acid, is relevant to users of vit C.

There is no evidence that vit C is better than citric acid or vise versa. Both can cause vein damage. Encourage people to use the least amount possible. Click here to view.

The Sleeping Giant

A Day in the Life of a Needle Exchange Program Click here to view. © 2006, Ontario Needle Exchange Coordinating Committee