Just a little note that I do not add criminal stories involving addiction, especially if names are listed. I feel the families of Islanders who are addicted have been through enough already without having a story listed here permanently.
2014
Methadone Patient Looks to the Future (Mainstreet)
2013
November
Addictions Report Delays Strategy for Another Day (The Guardian)
An Underwhelming Roadmap for Addiction Treatment (Eastern Graphic)
Mental Health and Addictions - Announcement (Mainstreet)
PEI Government Unveils Addictions Strategy (Island Morning)
Addictions, Mental Health Plan Released (CBC)
$1.2M in new initiatives announced to tackle addictions epidemic in P.E.I. (The Guardian)
Mental Health and Addictions Review (PEI Health & Wellness)
October
P.E.I. Addictions Strategy Coming Next Week (CBC)
Doctors Debate Opiate Addiction Rates (The Guardian)
Doctors and Nurses Talking Addictions in P.E.I. (The Guardian)
You Can't Make Someone Give up an Addiction (Letter to Editor - The Guardian)
Associations Say Opiates Are Over-Prescribed (The Journal)
Prescription Drug Addiction in PEI: Comments from the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women (Video)
Submission on Prescription Drug Addictions (PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women)
September
Prescription Addictions Soaring on P.E.I., Says Expert (CBC)
Committee Hears of Urgent Need for Addiction Support (CBC)
Prince Edward Island Has Addiction Problem, Committee Told (The Guardian)
Time for Action on Addictions (Letter to Editor - Guardian)
August
The Truth About Methadone (The Guardian)
Methadone Patients Facing Discrimination (The Guardian)
July
PEI Hepatitis C Increase Linked to IV Drug Use (CBC)
Opposition Renews Call For Youth Addictions Facility In P.E.I. (The Guardian)
June
Methadone Program Should Be Expanded: Addictions Doctor (The Guardian)
Methadone Alternative Under Review on P.E.I. (CBC)
Youth Addictions Program - Strength Program (Island Morning)
Rates of Hepatitis C Double in P.E.I. (The Guardian)
What Research Tells Us About Addiction Treatment (The Guardian)
Working Together on An Addiction Strategy (The Guardian)
May
Alternative Addiction Drug Needs Support: Doctor (CBC)
PEI's Opiate Addiction Problem - Dr. Denise Lea (Mainstreet)
Innocence Lost: Stories of Youth Addiction on PEI (Boys & Girls Club Video)
P.E.I. video depicts harsh realities of teen painkiller addiction (The Guardian)
Currie commits to move aggressively on youth addictions (The Guardian)
House session closes amid concerns over health, finances (The Guardian)
Addiction is a Family Disease (Letter to Editor - Guardian)
Addictions specialist leaving P.E.I. amid painkiller epidemic (The Guardian)
City pledges to keep Keizer at school until end of year (The Guardian)
Addictions treatment beds shut down (CBC)
Health PEI, we have a problem (Journal Pioneer)
Youth painkiller addiction concern for PEI health minister (The Guardian)
Charlottetown school police program ending despite continuing pill abuse (The Guardian)
April
New Legislation to Address Painkillers Says Health Minister (The Guardian)
Painkiller epidemic (The Guardian)
Addiction treatment needs our attention (The Guardian)
PEI to limit narcotic prescriptions (The Guardian)
PEI prescription drug addiction sparks debate (The Guardian)
Invest public funds in prevention not jails (The Guardian)
Review of PEI mental health and addictions services complete (The Guardian)
January
Students Share Real-Life Experience of Drug Addiction With Parents (The Guardian)
2012
A Mother's Plea
Special Series: Drug Abuse (Journal Pioneer)
Stealing for Drug Addiction (audio)
Please Help Them
Prescription Drug Panel Targets Teens
Drug Use Rampant at Colonel Gray: Keizer
City In Talks With Province To Keep Police Officer At Colonel Gray
Violent Trend
Drug Use, Stats Worry Advocacy
Other years
Spending Urged for Addiction Beds, Not Studies
A Dose of Reality: Teenage Drug Use on PEI
Summerside Council Put Youth Drug Treatment Facility Before Ghiz Government
Mother Pleads for Help for Drug Addicted Son
PEI Doctor Sees Increase in Methadone Babies
New Addictions Centre Dominates Forum Discussion
Grieving for Children With Addiction
It Takes a Village to Stop Drug Addiction -- And We Are That Village
This is an excellent chronicle of the significant mental health and addictions issues facing Islanders. At a time when the public is crying for help and our government seems to be floundering, how do they defend the decision not to invest in the federal Addictions Research Centre in Montague? The Centre was de-funded in June 2012, and significant expertise in assessment, program development and basic research has been stripped away from PEI. The Centre will officially close in March, 2014. There is still time to act; however much time and resources have already been lost. If the Government of PEI wants to show commitment to mental health and addictions they would invest in the world-class facility and the professionals who have dedicated their lives to improving the treatment options for our loved ones suffering with addictions.
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