ADDICTION AID REWARDED BY FOUNDATION

VICTORIA -- The Vancouver-based Kaiser Foundation has launched an
awards program that will provide six awards of $10,000 each for
people who promote healthier living for substance abusers.

The National Harm Reduction Awards are to be given for excellence in
six categories: public policy, community programming, aboriginal
programming, mental health and substance use programming, leadership
and youth leadership.

"Harm reduction services increase the possibility that drug users
will re-engage in the broader society, lead productive lives and quit
using drugs, instead of contracting and transmitting infectious
diseases or succumbing to drug overdose death," said Dr. Perry
Kendall, provincial health officer for B.C.

Deadline for nominations is March 22. Details and forms are available
at www.kaiserfoundation.ca/awards. -- Black Press