Nunavut’s new policy on liquor: reduce the harm – NunatsiaqOnline
November 15, 2016
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As part of its shift from prohibition to harm reduction policies on liquor, the Government of Nunavut has released a 15-point action plan aimed at limiting the grievous harm caused by alcohol consumption in Nunavut.
Finance Minister Keith Peterson tabled the document Nov. 8, when the recent fall sitting of Nunavut’s legislative assembly drew to a close.
“The Government of Nunavut is committed to help reduce and limit the harms related to alcohol in Nunavut,” the GN said in what looks like a one-sentence mission statement at the start of the plan, produced by four GN departments: Finance, Health, Family Services and Justice.
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