Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council declares state of emergency over opioid crisis: ‘Enough is enough’

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Leaders are calling for more resources and mental health supports in their 14 communities, saying they are ‘losing too many, especially young people, to this crisis’.

The announcement follows the recent jarring report from the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) which revealed First Nations life expectancy had dropped by six years between 2017 and 2021. The report said the decline is largely due to COVID-19 and the opioid crisis.

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