Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first I would just like to point out that there is an element of personal responsibility when it comes to decisions to drink and do drugs. Do they wreck havoc on our society? Without a doubt. What are we doing about it? We are doing a number of things, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, we currently spend about $5.6 million directly related to alcohol and drug services. As I have indicated in my Minister's statement this afternoon, we are concluding the final pieces of our alcohol and drug, mental health and family violence strategy. We have acknowledged there are problem areas, the socio-economic impact. We have to look at the requests for alcohol and drug centres and we have to make a decision. Do we spend more money on institutions or do we look at further enhancing programs and services to the communities to deal with alcohol issues as they occur in our communities?
The Nats'ejee K'eh is one facility we have in place, which puts us at about two or three times the national average in terms of beds per thousand for alcohol and drug treatment. There are some difficult issues. There are some difficult program issues and treatment issues that we have to come to grips with. We are working very aggressively to try and deal with this issue. Thank you.