Via NunatsiaqOnline in Canada:
In Kugluktuk,
the town is taking a unique approach to combating huffing gasoline and propane.
Between January and March this year local carpenters built 121 lockable gas
boxes and painted them bright yellow. They then gave them away to the community
free so they could safely store their gas cans and propane tanks.
After an
increase in inhalant abuse cases in 2012 including a death last summer the
community started a “Protect Our Youth: Kugluktuk Inhalant Abuse Program.” In September
they “put up 20 large posters and distributed brochures around town to alert
the community about sniffing and educate people about the risks, signs and
symptoms of inhalant abuse.” The following month they talked about huffing and
sniffing on a radio show. In December they hosted a community gathering about
the issue and from that meeting came the idea of the yellow boxes.
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