By Dominique Gené, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Kuujjuaq council held a town hall meeting Wednesday evening to confront the rise of drugs in the community and how it’s impacting youths and families. Crack cocaine — an impure form of cocaine that is smoked instead of snorted — and the highly addictive stimulant crystal methamphetamine have made their way into Nunavik from southern Quebec, the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services said in a news release Monday. Crack cocaine was almost absent in the region more than two years ago but it can now be found in all communities. Crystal meth started circulating this year and is present in some communities in Nunavik, the release said. “The rate of drug and addiction is too high and it’s…
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