Pubdate: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 Source: StarPhoenix, The (CN SN) Copyright: 2007 The StarPhoenix Contact: http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/400 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/rehab.htm (Treatment) ADDICTION CENTRES PLANNED FOR P.A. PRINCE ALBERT (SNN) -- A 15-bed youth treatment facility will be built in Prince Albert, along with two other new addiction centres, the premier announced Wednesday. The youth site, an adult acute social detox centre and a family addictions site focusing on addicted parents will be built in the city as soon as within another year. The announcement comes two years after the Premier's Project Hope initiative began, where a provincial effort was designed to reduce substance abuse in Saskatchewan. "Alcohol and drug addiction is nothing short of a tragedy," Premier Lorne Calvert said. With the three new sites, Calvert hopes to see Prince Albert become a future hub of addictions services in the province. Members of the Prince Albert Grand Council are charged with running the facility. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom