Centres providing treatment for opioid addiction in Nova Scotia

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 emailing cbcnsinvestigates@cbc.ca.

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 and recovery

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 patient to 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 a portion of their income

• Alcare Place, Halifax
  Men only
  11 beds
  Methadone allowed
  12-month program
  Patients go through detox before admission
  Waitlist is approximately three months
  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 is pay-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 three months
  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