{"id":59983,"date":"2025-09-26T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=59983"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:12:16","slug":"with-open-arms-a-substance-use-resource-for-youth","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/with-open-arms-a-substance-use-resource-for-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"With Open Arms &#8211; A Substance Use Resource for Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2025-09-26\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday September 26 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">With Open Arms &#8211; A Substance Use Resource for Youth<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed by the First Nations Health Authority, in collaboration with First Nations youth, <a href=\"https:\/\/harmreduction.fnha.ca\/\">With Open Arms: Supportive conversations among friends<\/a> is a new resource that provides tools, language and information for having supportive conversations with peers about substance use. 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