POLICE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA 9 47th Annual Crime Prevention Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS What is Prescription Drug Abuse. . . . . . . . . . . 39 Help Prevent Problematic Prescription Drug Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Opioid Crisis: No Easy Fix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Warning Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse . . .49 Opioid Overdose Signs and Symptoms . . . . . .53 What is Fentanyl?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 How Canada Got Addicted to Fentanyl . . . . . .57 Fentanyl’s Deadly Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 What You Need to Know About Fentanyl, Which Can Kill You in One Dose . . . . . . . 63 Fentanyl Surfaces in Cape Breton . . . . . . . . . .65 Preventing Overdoses with Naloxone . . . . . . .67 Nova Scotia to Offer Free Naloxone Kits to the Public as Part of Opioid Response . . . . 69 Nova Scotia Take Home Naloxone Program . .71 5 Steps to Save a Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Molly Likely Laced with Fentanyl Leads to 2 Overdoses, 1 Arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Nova Scotia Sees Rise in Demand for Drug Treatment Amid Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Nova Scotia Expands Treatment for Opioid Addicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Ottawa to Help Nova Scotia Track Opioid Related Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Hunger for Opioids Make Nova Scotia Pharmacies Target Robbers . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 W5 Goes Undercover to Buy Prescription Pills . .83 Opioid Prescriptions on the Decline in NS, but Still Above National Average . . . . . . . .85 10 Nova Scotia Doctors Investigated for Unusual Opioid Prescribing . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Man Found Unresponsive as ‘Troubling’ Fentanyl Crisis Pushes East . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 How Doctors are Dealing with Nova Scotia’s Opioid Addiction . . . . . . . . .89 Addiction Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 A Call for Help: What it Takes to Get Treatment for Opioid Addiction . . . . . . . . .97 Treatment Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Nova Scotia’s Opioid Use and Overdose Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 You Can Get Help for Addiction . . . . . . . .107 Methadone Clinics in Nova Scotia . . . . . . . . .111 There’s Help for Drug Addicition! . . . . . . . . .112 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Message from the Premier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Message from PANS President . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 PANS Board of Directors and Donations . . . . .5 Message from the Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 PANS in the community $5,000 Donation to the Mental Health Foundation of NS . . . . . . . . .11 MADD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Growing Number of E-Watch Cameras aims to Deter Crime in PEI’s Capital City . . . . . . . .21 Why Did the Ducks Cross the Road in Charlottetown? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Members of Truro Police K-9 Unit Complete Drug Detection Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Truro Police Spreading Holiday Cheer for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Truro Officers Head to L.A. Competition . . . .27 ‘Constable Catherine Campbell Kids Awareness Day’ Held in Truro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Kentville Police, Sheriffs Team up to Help 32 Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Seeing Charlottetown Policing from the Inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 With 37 Years in, Truro Police Officer Retires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Pictou, Hunka Promoted to Sergeant with Truro Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 PANS Annual Christmas & Appreciation Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS
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