Cambridge Youths Tell Drug Use Story “In Their Own Words”
A new report, Conversations of Substance: Youth in Waterloo Region on Issues of Substance Use, aims to shine a light on that predicament by illuminating real stories of local youths who admit to using drugs, finding out why they use them, and more importantly, what’s preventing them from connecting to supports. Commissioned by the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, the report interviewed 33 individuals in Cambridge and Kitchener, aged 13 to 26, in search of a “grounded truth” about their experience with drugs, and the relationships and environments influencing use. Cambridge Times and The Record, May 11, 2019.