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There has been an increase in overdoses and deaths stemming from substance use in Nova Scotia, according to health-care workers and others who specialize in addictions.
Dr. Samuel Hickox, physician consultant, left, seen before the start of the health standing committee in the Red Chamber at Province House in Halifax on Tuesday. - Tim Krochak Paula Martin, program manager at Direction 180 in north-end Halifax, said the non-profit organization has seen the effects of opioid poisoning.
She said people are more comfortable coming to the site because it is staffed by people with lived experience or volunteers, who all have first aid training and access to an AED and Naloxone kits. Paula Martin, program manager at Direction 180, left, seen chatting with Jill Gardiner, manager of the managed alcohol program at Ally Centre of Cape Breton, before the start of the health standing committee in the Red Chamber at Province House in Halifax on Tuesday. - Tim Krochak
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