Fort William First Nation plans aftercare centre, safe house as part of drug strategy – CBC

Community seeking funding for action plan against drugs

Sep 19, 2018

Fort William First Nation (FWFN) officials are hoping to see the ideas in the community action plan against drugs start to become reality in the coming months.

“We see our loved ones succumbing to the addictions, ultimately dying because of the addictions,” FWFN CEO Ken Ogima said. “We see the younger generation [having to parent] their own siblings at a very young age, families broken apart.”

“The issues are very real in our community,” he said. “I think it’s become so much of a norm that we drive by it without really having given it much thought. And that’s scary, when addictions, the social plights to the addictions, become a normal state in a community, it really does call for action.”

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