Hundreds of lives lost to overdoses in Waterloo Region were remembered during a solemn event in Kitchener’s Victoria Park.
The Waterloo Region Integrated Drugs Strategy (WRIDS) group hosted a Drug Poisoning Awareness Day memorial on Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Drug Poisoning Awareness Day, also known as International Overdose Awareness Day, is held annually on August 31 as a day of remembrance for people who have died from drug poisonings and overdoses.
This year, the WRIDS is hosting two events – the first was on Wednesday at Victoria Park in Kitchener while the second event is scheduled for August 27 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at Soper Park in Cambridge.
A field of purple markers was set up in Kitchener, a stark reminder of every life lost to the ongoing drug crisis.
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