Task Force on Acutely Intoxicated Persons at Risk : Final report to Minister of Health and Social Services

It is not the intent of this report to explain the reasons for this behaviour but the statement was so frequent in our conversations that we accept the validity of the assertion. [...] Rarely is the response to assess the quality of the floor or the adequacy of the foundation. [...] In response to our questions the director advised that the reason for the unpleasant appearance of the units is they provide an environment of maximum safety and minimum risk to clients when they are incapable of assuring their own safety. [...] As participants in that very successful and engaging dialogue, we veritably appreciate that both the RCMP and the Department of Justice suffer from a loss of trust in the eyes of, most definitely, the First Nations’ community and probably the Yukon populace in general. [...] Anyone experienced in addiction medicine, or the realities of life on the street, understands all too well another consequence of the biochemistry of addiction, the relief of withdrawal symptoms is readily obtained by ingestion of more of the addicting substance.