When the provincial government promised in its recent budget to create seven beds for the treatment of male youths who are addicted to crystal meth, it marked another milestone in the journey to help children who have been caught up in the web of drug abuse. Up until the budget announcement, the only treatment beds for crystal meth users were for girls. But treatment is only one front of a three-pronged attack on the scourges of the toxic cocktail that destroys brain cells, families and lives. The other two are enforcement and education. [continues 319 words]
When Esquimalt Coun. Ruth Layne couldn't get her own council to support her she turned to her neighbours. And they did not let her down. After twice begging her Esquimalt peers to support a motion entitled Strategy for Reduction of Crystal Methamphetamine Use," Layne ventured north to View Royal to ask View Royal council to support the motion. Given the urgency of the matter, the UBCM took the unusual step of agreeing to a change in sponsorship. View Royal council gave unanimous support to the resolution. [continues 145 words]
