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Annapolis Valley Pop. Seeks Help For Prescription Drugs More Than Alcohol And Nicotine COMBINED!

More and more people in Sudbury and northeastern Ontario are looking for help with a prescription drug addiction. Five years ago more than 200 people in the region called the province’s Drug and Alcohol Helpline for help with prescription painkillers. That number has more than doubled — to almost 550 people. Cam McTaggart, an intake… Continue reading Annapolis Valley Pop. Seeks Help For Prescription Drugs More Than Alcohol And Nicotine COMBINED!

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CBC.ca | Information Morning Nova Scotia | New addictions program in the Valley

CBC.ca | Information Morning Nova Scotia | New addictions program in the Valley. If Dr Doran thinks this is going to make me quiet he is crazy ! We still have not tackled the diversion aspect as well as many recommendations from the Ministers working group . We have only scratched the surface of this… Continue reading CBC.ca | Information Morning Nova Scotia | New addictions program in the Valley

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N.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDS METHADONE PROGRAM IN ANNAPOLIS VALLEY

Health and Wellness October 12, 2011 1:07 PM The province is providing more help for people struggling with opiate addiction in the Annapolis Valley. Health and Wellness Minister Maureen MacDonald announced today, Oct. 12, that funding is being provided for methadone treatment to address the significant wait list in the region. Currently there are 27… Continue reading N.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDS METHADONE PROGRAM IN ANNAPOLIS VALLEY

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NOVA SCOTIA ALMOST TRIPLES NATIONAL AVERAGE IN ILLEGAL OPIATE USERS

  These statistics were found in a power point presentation I discovered on opiate abuse and methadone treatment in 2006 in Nova Scotia Canada. The people who contributed to this power point presentation were : Jessica Dooley DR Susan Kirkland DR John Fraser DR Mark Ashbridge resources.cpha.ca/CPHA/Conf/Data/A08-355e.ppt   These are the percentages of each provinces… Continue reading NOVA SCOTIA ALMOST TRIPLES NATIONAL AVERAGE IN ILLEGAL OPIATE USERS

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Annapolis Valley’s Drug Problems Mirror Rest of The Country

Annapolis Valley’s Drug Problems Mirror Rest of The Country.

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Government Not Helping Those Who Need It The Most

6 months have now passed since my brother Joshua died and the Annapolis Valley Prescription Pill problem came to the public light.  August 31st 2011 the Department of Health and Wellness released their Working Groups Recommendations. In theDepartment’s Media Release they stated : ” The department has already started work on several recommendations. Health and… Continue reading Government Not Helping Those Who Need It The Most

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News957 – Thursday September 1-930AM

News957 – Thursday September 1-930AM.