First Nations in B.C. died at a much higher rate from toxic drugs, health authority says
Posted: Apr. 21, 2023 12:38PMDoug Kelly, the grand chief of the Sto:lo Nation, says parents need to love their children unconditionally even if they use drugs.
Kelly’s daughter, who he isn’t naming as part of his culture’s grieving process, died after an overdose last Thanksgiving after years of sobriety., said First Nations people are disproportionately dying from illicit drugs in B.C. and the gap continues to widen. She said health-care workers in rural and remote communities are feeling burned out and asking them to do more is not going to work.
He said his daughter and other Indigenous women don’t feel safe in many of the programs funded by the B.C. government.
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