Responses show while many patients continue to use illicit opioids in the early months of treatment, less than a quarter report using after 18 months. Cross noted there are some individuals who fit the stereotypes, but it’s not always the case.
“A lot have been homeless, a lot come from very traumatic childhoods, they’ve had a lot of bad stuff happen to them. We also have professionals. We have people who have never stopped working,” she noted. An ongoing barrier for those with addictions can be finding stable housing. According to patients, only 20 per cent have housing within the first three months they are in IOAT.Davidson said they plan to continue lobbying the Higgs Government to provide adequate housing.
Additionally, she hopes to bring the model to other locations in New Brunswick, where there is the second highest IV drug use among all provinces. “I would love for us to be able to expand IOAT services across the province because there are a number of people who are in more rural communities who are struggling, and I had some participants tell me recently they know about 20 people in another small community they know that would easily jump on a program like this,” Davidson said.
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