Centres providing treatment for opioid addiction in Nova Scotia - Action News
Home WebMail Monday, November 11, 2024, 08:00 AM | Calgary | -1.6°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
Nova ScotiaGETTING HELP

Centres providing treatment for opioid addiction in Nova Scotia

A look at all of the facilities that offer opioid addiction, and how their services vary.
Marguerite Centre serves between 30 and 35 women in recovery every year. (Elizabeth Chiu/CBC)

CBC News has collected the following information on treatment programs in Nova Scotia offering help for opioid addiction. This may not be a complete list. If you are aware of other programs, please let us know by emailingcbcnsinvestigates@cbc.ca.

This story is part of a series from CBC Nova Scotia on opioid addiction treatment. Read more:

Detox

Withdrawal management or detox generally involves using medication to help people manage the symptoms that happen when they stop using a drug. Traditionally, it has helped prepare people for long-term treatment.

  • Dartmouth Withdrawal Management Services
    Men and women
    16 beds
    Intensive treatment program
    No cost, operated by Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA)

  • Middleton Withdrawal Management Services
    Men and women
    Six beds
    No cost, operated by NSHA

  • Springhill Withdrawal Management Services
    Men and women
    10 beds
    No cost, operated by NSHA

  • Sydney Withdrawal Management Services
    Men and women
    12 beds
    No cost, operated by NSHA

  • Yarmouth Withdrawal Management Services
    Men and women
    Six beds
    No cost, operated by NSHA

  • Strait Richmond Hospital
    Men and women
    11 beds
    Time in program varies with need
    No cost, operated by NSHA

  • Lunenburg Withdrawal Management Services
    Emergency treatment only
    Men and women
    Six beds
    No cost, operated by NSHA

Rehab andrecovery

These are centres providing rehabilitation and recovery, generally offering treatment over weeks or months and focusing on such things as therapy, counselling and meditation.

  • Making Changes, Middleton
    Men and women
    12 beds
    No cost, operated by NSHA
    Must be referred by doctor

  • Crosbie House, New Minas
    Women and men
    10 beds
    Abstinence based (will allow methadone)
    Four-week program
    Cost: $8,800 for one month
    Patients go through detox before admission

  • Freedom Foundation of N.S., Dartmouth
    Men only, 19+
    12 beds
    No methadone (will only accept if there is a plan for patientto come off methadone)
    Six-month to two-year program
    Patients go through detox before admission
    Wait time depends on individual needs
    No cost for those on social assistance. For others, the cost is aportion of their income

  • Alcare Place, Halifax
    Men only
    11 beds
    Methadone allowed
    12-month program
    Patients go through detox before admission
    Waitlist is approximatelythreemonths
    Cost: $3,000 per month

  • The Marguerite Centre, Halifax
    Women only
    11 beds
    Methadone allowed
    Six to 12-month program
    Patients go through detox before admission
    Cost ispay-what-you-can.

  • Talbot House, Frenchvale
    Men only, 19+
    16 beds
    No methadone
    Detox required before admission
    Minimum of three-month program
    Waitlist is two to threemonths
    Cost: $32 per day

  • Salvation Army Centre of Hope, Halifax
    Men only, 19+
    16 beds
    Methadone allowed
    Must be 72 hours clean
    Six-month program (maximum)
    Approximately 15 people are on the wait list
    No cost

Detox and rehab

  • Ledgehill Treatment and Recovery Centre, Lawrencetown
    Men and women
    20 beds
    No methadone
    Minimum 30-day program
    Cost: $14,950 per month

  • Searidge, Annapolis Royal
    Men and women
    12 beds
    Minimum 30-day program
    18-day Suboxone treatment
    Cost: $10,980 per month

Methadone maintenance clinics

These clinics are funded by the Nova Scotia Health Authority.Note: Some physicians also provide methadone maintenance treatment.

  • Nova Scotia Hospital,Dartmouth
    902-424-8866
  • Direction 180, Halifax
    902-420-0566

  • Sydney
    902-563-2590

  • Glace Bay
    902-842-2229 or 902-842-4066

  • North Sydney
    902-794-5465

  • New Waterford
    902-862-7195

  • Truro
    902-893-4776

  • Middleton
    855-273-7110

  • Kentville
    902-679-2392