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By ahnationtalk on March 28, 2024
By ahnationtalk on March 28, 2024
By ahnationtalk on March 28, 2024
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‘No one program fits all. We need to come with more options,’ says health minister
Oct 14, 2016
N.W.T.’s health minister says he’s prepared to consider managed alcohol programs, which give alcoholics set amounts of liquor throughout the day, for the Northwest Territories.
Some Canadian cities have found managed alcohol programs lowered health care and emergency services costs.
“We’ve heard from residents across the Northwest Territories. What they want is options,” said Glen Abernethy in the legislature Thursday.
“No one program fits all. We need to come with more options.”
Abernethy says his department is looking at other jurisdictions for better ways to manage addictions in the N.W.T.
Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-managed-alcohol-programs-1.3804283
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