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Addiction services for Indigenous youth set for Vancouver Island

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Orca Lelum Youth Wellness Centre, set to open in Lantzville this summer, will offer detox and healing programs

CBC NewsKathryn Marlow

Starting in June, Indigenous youth dealing with addiction will be able to receive culturally specific treatment services on Vancouver Island. 

The Orca Lelum Youth Wellness Centre will open this summer and will serve people aged 12-18, with 20 beds total. 

Half will be for detox and half for a 10-week, live-in healing program.

According to the B.C. government, it will be the first time detox services have been offered specifically to young Indigenous people in the province. 

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Addiction services for Indigenous youth set for Vancouver Island

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