Pubdate: Thu, 13 Sep 2007
Source: StarPhoenix, The (CN SN)
Copyright: 2007 The StarPhoenix
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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.
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