As I indicated earlier, that was a common theme for the small communities that we visited, that they felt that treatment, on the land programs that they would do with the people that were suffering from addictions, families, elders, youth, was the way to go. The department has made available through the authorities $25,000 to any community that wants to put a program together for treatment on the land. Some communities have taken advantage of that. We think that in some of the communities that is a way to go. One thing was that the communities felt that wasn’t enough money. That’s one of the things we’re hoping to get from this addictions forum in communities that want to go that way. We may be able to move money from other communities that don’t want to treat their people on the land. This is something we want to look at. There is some money available for that.
Tom Beaulieu on Question 314-17(3): Economic Cost Of Addictions
In the Legislative Assembly on November 5th, 2012. See this statement in context.
Question 314-17(3): Economic Cost Of Addictions
Oral Questions
November 4th, 2012
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