Alcohol, Drugs and Solvents
Health - for both individuals and communities - can only result through
a combination of physical, emotional, spiritual and mental well-being.
Nowhere is this more convincingly illustrated, perhaps, than through
the reality of substance abuse among First Nations people and Inuit.
In a Saskatchewan study, treatment centre staff ranked "lost cultural
identity" as the single most important factor for drug and alcohol
abuse among First Nations people and Inuit. In Aboriginal tradition,
the health and well-being of an individual flows largely from the health
and social make-up of the community. This suggests that not only must
substance abuse be understood in terms of social behaviour, but that
its solutions lie in the actions of the community.
Through the National Native Alcohol & Drug
Abuse Program (NNADAP) and the National
Youth Solvent Abuse Program (NYSAP), Health Canada helps First
Nations and Inuit communities to develop local programs aimed at preventing
the abuse of alcohol, drugs and solvents - and restoring the well-being
of both individuals and communities.
You can get basic information on the treatment centres funded by NNADAP
and NYSAP through the directory
of treatment centres, compiled and updated as part of these programs.
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