Maybe I will begin by adding two things. First, there is a recognition that we are dealing with a problem that is multi-faceted and involved in terms of substance abuse. Years ago in the first nations and Inuit health branch, we were talking about alcohol abuse and our programs were all geared towards that. Over the last 10 years we have reformed a lot of our programs to take a multi-substance and multi-addiction approach, because the reality has changed. People are facing often multiple abuses.
On May 12th, 2015. See this statement in context.