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by Change | 23 Apr 2010

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Drug addiction treatment is being offered to members of an aboriginal community in British Columbia at risk of losing their homes.

Members of an aboriginal community in one corner of British Columbia have opted for drug addiction treatment rather than face eviction from their homes.

Drug and alcohol addiction support is being sought by 12 people from Ahousat, the largest settlement on Flores Island, which is located north-west of Tofino, CTV British Columbia reports.

John Frank, chief executive of Ahousaht First Nation, the settlement's government, said it is now a case of getting the final person enrolled on a drug addiction therapy programme.

Speaking yesterday (April 22nd), he told the new provider: "The last straw's today...they've got to go up there by nightfall."

It is not the first time that Ahousat residents have been ordered to receive drug addiction treatment or face expulsion from the community.

Last month, 30 people were enrolled on an eight-week treatment programme after members of the community decided to do something about the settlement's drug addiction problem, while similar action was also taken three years ago.

Elsewhere in Canada, The Vancouver Sun recently reported that young people in the country are not paying attention to the government's 'just say no' approach to drugs.

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