MPs urge ‘serious’ money for mental health to keep ill people out of prison

MPs urge ‘serious’ money for mental health to keep ill people out of prison
OTTAWA – A Commons committee is calling on governments to make a “serious investment” in the mental-health system to prevent the vulnerable from ending up in prison.
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Heroin glut hits home
Heroin use is increasing among Canadian high-school students. The drug now comes mainly from Afghanistan and “doda” – poor man’s heroin – is the choice of teens.
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Canada faces a flood of heroin and addicts
It’s just before 1 p.m. on a cool, sunny Monday afternoon in late November. On a quiet residential street in Montreal, half a dozen heroin addicts are waiting by office phones and cellphones in a drop-in centre and residence for opiate users and recovering addicts.
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