Detox centre proposed to help make Inuvik ‘healthy again’ – CBC
Inuvik leaders propose detox centre to serve entire region
May 15, 2017
Momentum is gaining for opening a detox centre in Inuvik as the community’s town council passed a controversial vote to allow a local bar to open 26 Sundays a year.
A group of leaders in Inuvik spearheaded by Joey Amos, manager of the John Wayne Kiktorak Centre — Inuvik’s emergency warming shelter — have formed the Beaufort Delta Detox Center Society to make it happen.
Amos said working at the shelter has exposed him to many people who struggle with addiction.
“I want to see people move forward in life and get healthy again,” Amos said.
“But unfortunately they aren’t going to get it at the warming center and there is a need for the detox center that will be geared towards helping folks get sober and clean.”
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