Parents whose children started using drugs as teens and struggled through addiction to the point of fatally overdosing say “recovery high schools” could save lives.
Their calls for more support facilities are being supported by the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, the Canadian Mental Health Association and the operator of an Ontario recovery high school — the only one in the country that is now facing closure due to lack of funding.
Janice Walker’s son was 15 when he began using marijuana, mouthwash, ecstasy and any other drug he could get.
She said he was kicked out of school and
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