Youth Addiction
Discussion panel tackles growing youth substance abuse in Vernon
VERNON – It’s a problem that continues to grow at an exponential rate; youth substance…
Youth treatment facility to reopen near Keremeos
KEREMEOS – A residential treatment facility for addicted youth is being resurrected in the Similkameen.…
Addicted youth suffer from lack of treatment facilities
PENTICTON - The closing of Portage’s youth treatment centre near Keremeos last week eliminated an important treatment facility for addicted Canadian youth, says an addiction specialist and certified interventionist. The Crossing, a residential rehabilitation centre for addicted adolescents between the ages of 14 - 18, closed suddenly last week due to a funding disagreement with...