Ontario: Marten Falls First Nation To Combat Prescription Drug Abuse

Ontario: Marten Falls First Nation To Combat Prescription Drug Abuse   Marten Falls First Nation is one of many northern First Nations who are dealing with an unprecedented rate of opiate addiction attributed to a misused prescription drug known as OxyContin. In 2009, Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Chiefs-in-Assembly unanimously passed a resolution declaring a State of Emergency as a result of the prescription drug epidemic. In a statement made earlier this year to Assembly of First Nations...

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