A statement from the Ehattesaht First Nation says six young people have died from drug overdoses in the small village over the past few months
It says the nation’s chief and council are calling on officials from the British Columbia and federal governments to sit down with them to help find the resources necessary to create a “survival plan.”
He says Ehattesaht has reached the end of its ability to cope with the crisis with the “Band-Aids” it patches together. “I know there are good words from government, but we are still being handed from one ministry or department to another,” he says. “Every day I sit with families heartbroken with worry and its unacceptable.”
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