Direction 180

• N.S. funding overdose prevention sites for Halifax and Sydney

  Nova Scotia is establishing two overdose prevention sites in Halifax and Sydney that will be safe spaces for users. On-site testing will ensure the user's supply isn't tainted.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2021
  
• Nova Scotia announces support for overdose prevention sites

  This is the province's first funding initiative for safe consumption sites — something that has previously fallen on non-profit organizations.

  Health

  Feb 5, 2021
  
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• Nova Scotia government still not committing to supporting an overdose prevention site

  New overdose prevention site being funded through charitable donation. OPS advocates continue to call on province to support.

  Health

  Jul 31, 2020
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• New location proposed for overdose prevention site in Halifax

  The HaliFIX Overdose Prevention Society was home to the first overdose prevention site in Atlantic Canada.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2020
• Halifax mother’s death prompts calls for an overdose prevention site

  In the first week of 2019, Terri-Lynn Burgess, a young mother of three, lost her life to an overdose in Halifax.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2019
• Nova Scotia’s Health Department says talks underway for province’s first overdose prevention site

  According to Health Canada statistics, nearly 4,000 Canadians died from opioid-related overdose deaths last year.

  Health

  Oct 29, 2018
• Dozens march in Halifax for International Overdose Awareness Day

  "I'm putting it out there to have compassion, respect, and dignity for people who use drugs."

  Health

  Aug 31, 2018
• Mobile addiction outreach bus officially up for sale in the HRM

  Friday marks the last day of service for Halifax's mobile methadone clinic.

  Health

  Aug 30, 2018
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• ‘We finally have the right facility’: Community methadone clinic finds new home in Halifax

  The new home of Direction 180 lies in the Scotia Pharmacy's old location on Gottingen Street.

  Health

  Jul 12, 2018
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• New home for Halifax methadone clinic

  Direction 180 is set to move across the road from its current location on Gottingen Street to a new spot currently occupied by the Guardian Pharmacy.

  Health

  Mar 5, 2018