Transcript Addictions Survey Results

Addictions Survey Results
Prepared by Philippa Pictou,
November 2012
Addiction Survey Question One
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1) Please circle what you feel are the 3 most serious addictions issues
in Pictou Landing?
Parents using drugs and unable to care for children
Parents needing help to deal with youth who are using drugs
Lack of Programs to help Youth who are using drugs
Lack of Programs for adults who are using drugs
Overprescribing by doctors
Drug dealing in the community
Trading/sharing prescriptions
Fear of reporting to police
Violence
Unsafe needle disposal
Criminal behaviour (theft, break-in, assault etc)
Accessibility to treatment programs (cultural, transportation, wait times
etc)
Other
1)What are the three most serious
addictions issues in PLFN?
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Drug Dealing
Criminal Behaviour
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Lack of youth programs
Parents abusing drugs
Lack of adult programs
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Unsaf e needle disposal
Support f or parents to deal w ith youths
using drugs
Accessibility to treatment programs
Overprescribing by doctors
Trading/ Sharing prescriptions
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Fear of reporting to police
Violence
Question 2
• 2) Please circle what you think are the 3 main reasons that
people do not report activities to the police?
• Fear of retaliation
• Being labeled a rat
• Nothing will happen anyway
• Fear of child welfare involvement
• Fear of having to be a witness in court
• Not wanting a friend or family member to go to jail or be charged
• Not wanting to get involved
• Small community - don’t want people to think I am stirring up trouble
• Other
2) What are the 3 main reasons that people
do not report activities to police?
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Fear of Retaliation
Being labeled a rat
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Nothing will happen anyway
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Fear of child welfare involvement
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Fear of friend or family member
being charged
Not wanting to get involved
Fear of witnessing in court
Small community - don't want to stir
up trouble
Question 3
• 3) Which workshops would you be
most interested in attending?
• information about drugs and their effects
• information sessions about what supports
are available, and how to access them
• Mental health and addictions
• How to report crime or information to law
enforcement?
• Other
3) Which workshops would you be
interested in attending?
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Drugs and their effects
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Mental Health and Addictions
Information about what
supports are available
How to report crime to law
enforcement
Question 4
• 4) What supports do you think are
needed in Pictou Landing to help
families, youth and adults dealing with
addictions?
What services and supports people
said were needed
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Detox in community
More programs, rehabs, Detox etc. need to be more accessible to our community
Alcohol/Drug addiction services
To help them not lose their kids
Specialized councilors, drug, gambling and alcohol abuse
Try to get more help for the community
Help for families dealing with an addict
Counseling for the addict
Make it easier for people that really want the help to get off the needles and onto the
methadone program
Support group for all abusers; but in different categories – alcohol, methadone,
opiates, pills etc.
Support groups
Give them the help for what they need
It would be good to have a traditional pharmacy of some sort
A workshop for youth about the consequences for criminal actions
It will be beneficial for kids to see their parents get help
What people said was needed for
prevention and recreation
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We need more youth programs, this will keep our youth busy
more youth activities to stop crime
Recreation
Focus groups
Family support groups
more recreation, things to do for youth, culture
More things to do within the community
Recreation
Actually spend recreation monies on recreation
Our youth are bored
Bring back old traditional activities
More employment
More Lnu sport tournaments
Recreation activities
Set the basketball nets backup regardless
There should be more activities for the kids like a youth center – having the gym open
I think if we can bring back more culture to our community like how to build a sweat and conduct
it, then we can instill more pride to our community members, helping them to also be more self
sufficient!
More cultural community events – A powwow once a year is not enough!
What people said about Regulation
and Enforcement
• Penalties such as removal or eviction from
houses which are being used as drug
houses
• Ship the dealers out and enforce it and
stick to it!!
• Drug testing youth
• Employee drug testing
Other concerns and comments
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NADACA is here to help but it doesn’t seem like they’re doing their job,
they’re not targeting the problems in our community, and at times are
unreachable.
More information on how drugs effect your health
Chief and Councillors, Health Center, Pictou Landing School and the
community need to be more involved. RCMPs need to start taking this
issue more seriously
More knowledge who does what in community and what they are here for
Families against drugs and the children will follow
Chief and council need to step up and demand something be done about
this drug problem
I think Chief and Council fear targeting the drug dealers because they fear
them and fear losing out on votes
Everybody knows who sells the dope and nobody does anything
Booze is being sold to kids on rez is a concern
Alcohol is a major problem
Question 5
• 5)As part of the Health Planning Process the Health Center is
forming a Health Advisory Committee to get feedback and input
from the community on how to develop programs that best
meet the community’s needs. Addictions is a very important
area that requires careful planning. What ways would you be
interested in participating?
• As part of the Health Advisory Group? Yes/No
• By attending a focus group to help develop a community
addiction strategy? Yes/No
• By participating in a community addictions committee and/or
forum? Yes/No
• Other
• If you would you like to be contacted by a Health Center Staff
for an
• in-person discussion or to be involved with the Addictions
Strategy please contact the Health Center at 752-0085
Question 5
• We collected names of people who want
to participate