Archive - Nov 22, 2009
Keewaywin First Nation leaders appealing for help to deal with prescription drug problem
November 22, 2009 - 11:21pm | by brianbeatonDrug abuse sparks crisis on reserve
BRYAN MEADOWS - November 22, 2009
Illegal use of prescription drugs is so rampant on the Keewaywin First Nation that the band‘s chief has declared “a state of crisis.”
“Keewaywin is completely overwhelmed . . . ,” Chief Joe Meekis told The Chronicle-Journal.
He estimates that almost half of the remote reserve‘s adult population is abusing prescription narcotics.