Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Health and Social Services has a budget of about $230 million this year, which is up almost $40 million over the last three to four years. A significant amount of that money is tied into dealing with issues that are related to alcohol, to the effects, the treatment issues, the drug abuse. Mr. Speaker, we're working, we have a strategy that's approved, a mental health and alcohol and drug addictions strategy, that's been approved that we're getting funding for. We need ongoing funding to implement it. We're consistently working with the authorities. We always welcome the advice and direction that we can get from our colleagues in the House. This is a very terrible and complex problem and it is a battle that we are not winning.
So, Mr. Speaker, we don't have any pat answers. We're pouring enormous amounts of resources into treatment of the health issues related to this. We have yet to come to grips with a final answer. Thank you.