Over half of the serious injuries investigated by the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth involved drugs and alcohol, a new report says.

MACY's annual report says 55 of the 95 serious injury reviews completed in the 2024-25 fiscal year involved drugs and alcohol as a secondary factor of the injury, representing 58 per cent of reviews.

Sherry Gott, the Manitoba advocate, said there's a "lack of strategy" when it comes to dealing with young people who struggle with mental health and substance use in the province.

"We are hoping that there is a strategy developed sooner rather than later," Gott told guest host Laurie Hoogstraten in an interview on CBC Manitoba's on Wednesday.

Gott said there isn't enough resource co-ordination in the youth addictions system to help the young people w

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