Sentences with phrase «addiction as a public health issue»
Ian Geary, The Salvation Army's Public Affairs Adviser, told Premier he would like the government to view gambling addiction as a public health issue and also have stricter rules on gambling advertisement.
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The move would come as New York and most of the nation continues to battle what public health officials say is an epidemic of heroin and opioid addiction, an issue that has especially ravaged parts of upstate New York.
She added: «Of course it's a medical problem, I mean addiction is a medical problem, and it becomes a public health problem and then our society is choosing to treat that as a criminal justice issue.»
The RESC Alliance works with the Departments of Children & Families, Corrections, Education, Mental Health & Addiction Services, Mental Retardation, Public Health, Social Services and Board of Education & Services for the Blind (BESB) and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) on statewide issues and projects such as Technology Training, Beginning Educator Support Training, and Early Reading Success.
This case centres on a claim that the DVBIA's Downtown Ambassadors Program violated the Human Rights Code by systemically harassing and removing homeless people from public spaces in downtown Vancouver — homeless people, who are disproportionately Indigenous, people with disabilities such as serious mental health issues, and people with addictions.