Kathy, Ed and Dave visited Honduras to help build a school. Walls were up and a roof on when they left. The region was incredibly poor and became poorer the more up the mountain you went.
Curling Fellowship is filled. Reminder to those signed up it is 2-5pm on February 17th at Westmount.
Silent Auction contributions are needed – please contact Brad Enns should you have anything that may be helpful.
The Rotary International convention is in Toronto in June. Sign up now!
Leadership Waterloo’s Fire and Ice gala is on this Saturday, and Jerome has two tickets available.
The Rotary Flag fundraiser is a go – the board approved the $8400 initial investment.
VFL tickets will be distributed Feb 14, 2018. The early bird draw will be on May 2, and the main draws will be on May 16th at the Concordia.
Larry, Doug and John Goodman (Guest) failed miserably in their quest to win the $226 50/50
Speaker: John Goodman and Ian Young – WRPS
Ian Young, a 15 year veteran of WRPS, most recently as a Detective and Drug Expert.
Presented the current challenges associated with Fentanyl and Opioid crisis facing Ontario and specifically the Region.
Oxy Contin was delisted in 2012 which gave rise to the demand for alternative substances.
Fentanyl patches became more widely abused – overseas produces fine white powder for N.A. market
Fentanyl is 100 stronger than morphine, and is commonly used as a anesthesia and powerful pain killer.
Fentanyl has taken over from Heroine as THE sought after street drug.
In small concentrations it can depress respiratory function leading to overdose and arrest.
The problem is the unknowns and rudimentary way to mix the product has led to hot spots and vast differences in effects from one person to the next.
Even at 2% purity it remains lethally dangerous and has changed police protocols on how to deal with potential exposure.
A vast increase in calls and deaths from abuse continues from 2012 to present.
The effort to contain the issue would need to be a multi-faceted approach beyond pure enforcement.
