There are communities, no matter how big or how small, remote or isolated, that have partnerships with local health authorities, physicians, prescribers and nurse practitioners, who deliver services by flying into the community from time to time or by monitoring their patients through video conferencing. There are partnerships with the chief and council and direction through a band council resolution on how health services are operating through the health centre, as well as these kinds of partnerships with elders and cultural practitioners. It's clinical support and medication, together with culture-based resources, that have made a difference.
I gave an example of a community in northern Ontario where that significantly reduced crime and the number of kids going into child welfare. Kids showed up to school with food in their stomachs, houses were filled with furniture, toys and food, and life returned to normal, because it's a whole-of-community approach and because the community, through a number of partners, had the resources it needed to respond to the whole population. It's not just about the impacts on the individual who uses drugs. It's about the impact on the family and the whole community.