I am not aware of Radio Rahim supporting AARC. In fact, I have my doubts that Rahim even knows where Calgary is. One doesn't have to go fishing to find hypocritical politicians who support AARC. Here's a good one:
"Ms. Forsyth: — No, I can’t. But I can tell you we have two recourses we can go with drug and alcohol. We have AADAC (Alberta Alcohol & Drug Abuse Commission) which is our sort of Alberta alcohol and drug centre. We also have AARC which is the Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre.
If a child is at stage 1 or 2 drug and alcohol addiction, we could put them into AADAC. If they’re at 3 or 4, which is a higher drug and alcohol addiction, 4 being the highest, then they will go into AARC which will then be covered by the government and long-term.
That again depends on how long the child is involved on the street. Those repeats that I’ve told you — 55 — I’ve got kids that are shooting cocaine into their feet, they’re so drug and alcohol addicted. So obviously they would have to go into AARC which deals with a higher level of addiction. Some of them are just starting to experiment with drugs and alcohol so we can get them the training and the help through AADAC."
http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/Committees ... ildren.htm"I understand you have been in contact with Cindy Ady's office regarding
your concerns on the AARC program. As you live in the Calgary Fish
Creek riding they have forwarded your comments to our office. I
understand you have also been in contact with the Minister of Justice
and Minister of Health and Wellness. I have forwarded your concerns to
Heather and she recommends that if you are aware of a situation of abuse
happening in this facility that you, or the person directly affected,
contact the police or the Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-387-5437.
Sincerely,
Jaime
Assistant to
Heather Forsyth, MLA
Calgary Fish Creek"
I would encourage interested readers to contact Heather and ask how it came to be that Rachel O'Neill was held in AARC for months, in light of the fact that AARC's go-to hack, Peter Choda, reported that it was "not clear that she has an advanced substance dependency disorder that is appropriate to admission to AARC." So much for the "higher level of addiction".
Heather might also explain where she came up with those classifications for addiction. Can't seem to find them anywhere in the DSM IV.