{"id":23864,"date":"2020-11-27T18:48:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T23:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=23864"},"modified":"2020-11-30T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:15:46","slug":"harm-reduction-services-not-always-accessible-in-sackville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/harm-reduction-services-not-always-accessible-in-sackville\/","title":{"rendered":"Harm reduction services not always accessible in Sackville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ashley Legere is the only person from Sackville who attended the \u201cGetting to Tomorrow\u201d<\/a> conference earlier this month on the overdose crisis in Canada.<\/p>\n

Legere has spoken with CHMA before to talk about the harm reduction program she started at the Corner Drug Store, where she formerly worked as a pharmacy assistant. Since then, Legere has accepted a new position with Ensemble Moncton as a part of their needle distribution services.<\/p>\n

Legere says that opioids containing dangerous amounts of fentanyl are present in Sackville.<\/p>\n

\"There is no safe supply and you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re getting. But you can only get what you get. They\u2019ll test it for fentanyl, make sure they\u2019re using with someone else with a NARCAN kit, and still use it.\"<\/p>\n

COVID-19 is putting the already marginalized population of opioid users at further risk.<\/p>\n

Many drug users she provides safe injection kits to are sex workers, whose clients are mostly long-haul transport drivers who do not have to isolate.<\/p>\n

Accessibility to existing services is an issue in rural areas, and Sackville is not exempt.<\/p>\n

\"If you don\u2019t have access to things like toilet paper and toothbrushes, how are you going to pay for an iPhone that your [social] worker requires you to FaceTime with them to see. These are these are all kinds of issues that are well above above like\u2026 these are requirements that are well above the socioeconomic status of the people that they\u2019re trying to help,\" Legere says.<\/p>\n

During the \u201cGetting to Tomorrow\u201d conference, Sackville\u2019s lack of emergency shelter was addressed.<\/p>\n

Legere wonders if Sackville\u2019s pre-existing infrastructure could be repurposed for emergency housing.<\/p>\n

\"The only idea I came up with is repurposing existing infrastructure. And then I thought, well, why not hospital? Why not places like a sort of government building that\u2019s not being used, especially during a pandemic, where every employee\u2019s working from home. How that looks, or how that gets started, or how I would work on that to make that a reality is above my paygrade for sure.\"<\/p>\n

Legere's comments are available here:<\/strong><\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ashley-Legere-to-begin-new-position-with-Ensemble-Moncton.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

CHMA will reconnect with Legere next week to discuss an upcoming project involving Ensemble Moncton.<\/p>\n

The CHIMO helpline is available 24\/7 at 1-800-667-5005.<\/p>\n

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