Parents in the Halifax area are voicing concerns as children have been finding drug paraphernalia in their neighbourhoods. In one case, a child was pricked by a discarded needle.
WATCH: Some mothers are speaking out after their kids have had close calls with discarded needles around the Halifax area. Bus stops in two neighbourhoods in particular are causing concern. As Ella MacDonald reports, parents are calling for more disposal sites and government support.Halifax-area parents are voicing concerns, saying children have been finding drug paraphernalia and that, in one case, a child was pricked by a discarded needle.
“You’re scared because you don’t know, was the person clean? What kind of drugs was it? And you’re not thinking, ‘Oh my god, I need to bag up this needle and take it to the hospital,'” she said.Across the harbour in Dartmouth’s Highfield Park neighbourhood, residents say they’re used to seeing drug paraphernalia scattered on the streets, especially at bus stops.“My two-year-old picks up everything, so he’s constantly picking stuff up off the ground,” area resient Karissa Duffy said.
Some clinics in Nova Scotia — including Highfield Park’s Open Door Clinic — offer low-threshold opioid-assisted treatment as a means of harm reduction. Program participants receive prescriptions and can pick them up at their local pharmacy.“People with addictive disorders never choose for that to be their life,” said Dr. David Saunders, an addiction physician at the clinic.
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