The Alberta government says it will spend $23 million to build an addiction treatment centre for youth as part of the province’s efforts to address addiction issues through its recovery-based model.
The Northern Alberta Youth Recovery Centre will be built in Edmonton and will more than double the system’s current capacity, increasing addiction treatment beds for youth from 70 to 175, officials said in a Nov. 26 press release. The centre will offer treatment to 300 Alberta youth every year, according to provincial estimates.
