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MONTREAL (CP) —
Drinking, the No. 1 killer -
among ‘Indians, is still a:
mystery which sorely lacks. .
study in Canada, says
Joseph Couture, a federal
governmmient consultant on
alcohol abuse.

In fact, there has been ho

Canada to either support or
dispute the widespread

. problem, Couture. told ‘a
convention Tuesday of the -
Canadian Addictions
Fouadation.

_ “Measures have not yet
been developed to define
Indian aleohol consumption
rates or actual drinking
patterns,”’ Couture said.
“There have been no studies

and causes of native alco-
holism.”

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methodological evidence in’

iniage that the. majority of
Indians -have a drinking’

attempting to find the origins -

And he said current treat- |

alcoholism ‘raises -more .

“answered to ‘better jun-
derstand. and solve - ‘the
. problem, he said; _
He -pointed to two suc-
cessful

the Poundmaker's’ Lodge
-and the Nechi Institute. -
These institutes are

characterized by' holistic -

treatment. of atecholism,

iller

treatment centres.
run by Indians. in Alberta —

spiritual needs “through a
‘eamamunity, approach.

~ Patrick Shirt, a member of |

‘the Nechi- Institute, said the
Indians themselves must

shoulder the responsibilty of .
alcoholism. .

“AS a native péople, 1.
think we've been studied to
death,” the young Cree said.

tending to patients" physical, : “it's all right to have a lot of

emotional, mental: aad

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profitable’ theories, but all I

. know is that aleohol is the .
“biggest killer In Indian
countries and that it's

rewarding. to see people re-
cover.”
“Earlier Tuesday, ‘Dr. Guy

-Marcoux told convention

delegates that specialists
who treat drug addicts
should drop their sclentific’
front and treat their patients

as human beings.

“My. approach changed

South doesn’t define

-YELLOWKNIFE (CP) ~
Canada's North’ can: bo

longer be considered an
expioitable hinterland,

Liberal MP Berard Loiselle -

told a symposium’. of
scientists and researchers
Tuesday.

He vrald Northerners
recognize the ‘need. -for
scientific studles® ‘but’ the:

_ priorities of southern-based

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Lolselle is MP for'.Ver- .
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secretary to the minister of
Andish affairs and northern
development. °

Nearly’ 200 scientists, ‘and
researchers from. a variety

" -of disciplines are attending a
_ threeday Royal. Society of.

Canada symposium marking

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_ the centenary of the transfer

of the north ©

of the Arctic islands - to

' Canada from Britain.

‘Most of. the participants
arefirom southern Canada

‘and even .those who are’
‘engaged —

in northern
research projects often
Spend only a few weeks each
year in the Yukon or Nor-

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_Lolselle ‘sald Northerners

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after 1 found ttiy increased
knowledge about toxic
agents was of no help to my
patients, " said Marcoux,

part of a. drug dependence.

team at St. Francois
d’Assise Hospital in’ Quebec
City.

“] had to ask myself
whether the problem wasn't
with the patients but with my
attitude. [had to stop being a
doctor ... I learned to treat
my patients as I do my own
children,"

_ He said later that most

_medical specialists are

opposed to dropping
prescribed medical ap-
proaches because they fear a
loss of business.

“Outside their ‘jobs,
medical professionals don’t
object to what I do and say ...
they agree it isn’t a question
of mental health, abstinence
or dependency, but a
question of well-being,” he

. paid.
“But they need sick per-

sons to make a living. They
make it (drug addiction) a

_disease so that insurance

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