Keewaywin Drug Abuse

A chief in a northern Ontario First Nation is asking for help indealing with a rampant drug problem on the reserve.

Chief Joe Meekis of the Keewaywin First Nation says almost halfthe adults in the community of 400 near the Manitoba border are abusing prescription narcotics such as OxyContin and Percocet.

Meekis says children are going hungry because their parents are spending grocery money on pills.

Meekis has asked social services agencies and other First Nations to help the community cope.