Media Director Adrienne Fox was invited to Kitchenuhmaykoosib to visit the community’s addiction healing centre. In part one of this three-part series, meet five women struggling to end their addiction to oxycodone.
First there is Melanie
Rayanne won’t quit quitting
Hazel wants to smile again
Rosemary is afraid
Candice wants to be clean
Editor’s note:
In part two of Reclaiming Life, Adrienne Fox continues her coverage of the women and their addiction to oxycodone. Fox travels back to Kitchenuhmaykoosib to visit the women again and finds that not all will finish treatment. Only three of the women successfully finish and graduate from the 25-day program.
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