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Parents speak out after kids find drug paraphernalia, used needles in Halifax - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

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Halifax-area parents say children have been finding drug paraphernalia and that, in one case, a child was pricked by a discarded needle.

Some clinics in Nova Scotia offer low-threshold opioid-assisted treatment as a means of harm reduction.

Dr. David Saunders says people are born genetically predisposed to addiction and social factors and traumas can contribute to that.

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62

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English

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36

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