NEWS RELEASE
BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION YOUTH COUNCIL
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Deputy Youth Chief Lance Copegog of the Beausoleil First Nation Youth Council has released the following statement on the occasion of National Addictions Awareness Week:
"Nov. 26 to Dec. 2 marks National Addictions Awareness Week. This is an opportunity for us to highlight the pressing need to combat addictions in First Nations communities.
"Investments need to be made in order to ensure that First Nation communities have resources to address and deal with addictions. Beyond that, a whole-of-community approach is required to heal families touched by addiction.
"The Beausoleil First Nation Youth Council remains committed to ensuring that we continue to address addictions as part of a whole-of-community approach.
"The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) says, ‘Addiction does not discriminate — it affects all walks of life.’ We agree and extend an invitation to the CCSA to work with us to address addictions."
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