Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March 1996 a9 multiple drug addictions complicate treatment the concept of multiple drug addiction is More pop ular than and for Good up until about 15 years the vast majority of people who approached treatment programs were a few were addicted to pills mainly Seda Tives and analgesics pain and fewer still were addicted to other at that programs were mainly geared for the treatment of Alco the course of including alcohol was relatively fixed and Well the mid Poos was characterized by a virtual explosion of drug both licit and almost overnight people were approaching the doorsteps of treatment programs with Multi ple drug including people dependent on amphetamines hallucinogens mainly sleeping and pain killers were now for most of these Indi their addictions were not restricted to a single but rather various combinations of often including prescriptions Arthur Herscovitch out of the plethora of 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clients approach treat ment programs not completely sure of what they have been or they May Only know their drugs by the Street which Are and often unreliable for purposes of ident Ifica As multiple drug use has forced significant changes upon treatment in which it now necessary to take into account the various types of drugs which Are the most recent addiction wave which is sweeping treatment pro Grams is pathological gambling gambling Many pathological gamblers Are also alcoholic addicted to other in other the concept of multiple addictions appears to be perpetually and treatment pro Grams must adapt Arthur Herscovitch is a Clin ical psychologist with the addictions foundation of up until about 15 years the vast majority of people who approached treatment programs were alcoholic published each is a column open to All Manitoba health care profession to Call editor Gerald to the people who receive Home care services and their families from the people who provide the service the Filmon government is preparing to destroy the Home care Manitoba is known throughout the world for its humane Home care health care experts from around the world have come Here to learn from the Manitoba we Are the women and men who make the daily do the and cleaning up for the the elderly and people with we dont need experts to Tell us How important this service our work saves the Public Money by keeping people out of but it does More than we have built up Lon term relation ships with Many of you and your we have seen our work help keep people in touch with the Community and provide an Early warning for any developing Home care not Only saves lives it helps make life Worth our Reward almost All of us Are going to lose our the government is replacing this efficient Public health Model with a privately owned we have been told that we can apply for work with these new All these firms pay substantially less than we currently and offer fewer if any fringe there will be no improvements in the service that you or your family our salary cuts will become the private health care firms the government is also trying to squeeze out established nonprofit agencies such As the victorian order of this is the next step towards a us style health care within a few years the government will let the firms charge patients and their families for we have worked with you and your families to overcome Many difficulties in the Home care workers Are not going to stand by and watch the government destroy what we have worked to we have asked Premier Filmon to halt the privatization of Home if the Premier does not halt the privatization in the next two weeks Home care workers Are going to meet to discuss our the last thing we want to do is interrupt we want to make it Clear that strike action will be one of the options under together we believe that we can get the government to abandon this reckless if you wish to work with us to save Home please fill out the following form and mail it to Home care 6th floor 275 r3c 4m6 or fax it to us at help us save Home care Call to Premier Filmon i am writing to urge you to Stop the privatization of Home privatization should not be taken without Public hearings that allow the people who use the service and the people who provide the service with an Opportunity to make their views name address City code phone number ;