Eighteen Manitoba families have come forward in the last two weeks over the lack of help for their children dealing with suicide attempts and ideation.
Alberta’s child and youth advocate says drug poisonings continue to be one of the most frequent causes of death for children and youths who were in or recently received care from the province.Alberta's child and youth advocate released an update Tuesday focusing on the deaths of 47 young people between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024.
"What we've seen primarily is the tragic number of deaths related to the toxic drug supply and opioids," Pelton said in an interview Tuesday.50 young Albertans died while receiving child intervention services last year, report saysShe said she continues to call for a youth-specific opioid strategy from the province.
"It's my intention to be able to meet all the recommendations under the OCYA. Some of these solutions, they take awhile to be able to implement," he said When asked about the latest update during an unrelated news conference Tuesday, Mental Health and Addictions Minister Dan Williams highlighted the expansion of the virtual opioid dependency program."Many of the youth who are affected also had parents who suffered from addiction as well. And so trying to cut that cycle of addiction — and make no mistake, trauma lives in addiction — to cut that cycle of addiction is one of the most important things we can do.
"Their sense of belonging, their sense of identity is often fractured when they've been taken out of the community and placed outside their family home," Pelton said.
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