I’ve made many calls to Health and Social Services and their suggestion, if you have a crack problem or a meth problem, is to go to either the Tree of Peace or Salvation Army or even be sent to Nats’ejee K’eh in Hay River. You have to fail there first, before you can seek treatment in a southern facility that is appropriate to your specific illness to be addressed. I’ve never found that we’ve encouraged people to fail the right way before we choose to address their particular issue. Is there going to be a new, updated methodology as to who we deal with people with serious alcohol and drug problems rather than just telling them to go to a program and fail before we address it?
Robert Hawkins on Question 37-17(1): Treatment Of Addictions
In the Legislative Assembly on December 9th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Question 37-17(1): Treatment Of Addictions
Oral Questions
December 8th, 2011
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