Recovery

First Nations Resort on Quadra Island To Become Addictions Treatment Facility

July 18, 2024 oceansidecat 0

From the Times Colonist. Tsakwa’lutan Healing Centre will have 40 adult treatment beds for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, with half expected to be open by fall https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/first-nations-resort-on-quadra-island-to-become-addictions-treatment-facility-9229870by Jeff Bell Listen to this article 00:02:39 An Indigenous-operated resort on Quadra Island is being turned into a mental-health and addictions treatment […]

The first goal of drug overdoses policy: Keep people alive

April 13, 2024 oceansidecat 0

From The Globe and Mail In late March, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer published his annual report to the province’s legislature. Its focus was drugs, from tobacco to opioids. One line in the report stood out: “When thousands of people are dying from preventable opioid overdoses each year, the system must […]