Kelowna council calls on province for greater substance use recovery services
The updated strategy should include, according to the resolution, a plan to fully fund and establish regional campuses of care that will provide a safe, stable and compassionate environment for people requiring highly specialized mental health support with severe mental illness diagnoses.
Coun. Ron Cannan said that the need for such services was driven home to him during an encounter on the street one day.“He asked me for $20 and I asked him ‘Do you need something to eat?’ and they said ‘no,'” Cannan said.He apparently was looking to get better, but needed a fix of an undisclosed drug first, which prompted Cannan to take the person to a health clinic to see if help was immediately available.
“In some cases, it’s a week wait and then they detox — it’s five to seven days — and then after that, there’s another lull of 10 days to two weeks to get treatment,” Cannan said.Kelowna city council to review ways to improve transportation Coun. Loyal Wooldridge said he’s also been hearing about the gaps in service and the limited access to needed resources.“These resolutions speak to having different types of housing available for people to be able to choose. Whether it’s folks that are choosing that low barrier option or those that are seeking more abstinence-based housing as well.
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