Estevan has growing drug problem: police

Teen girl's death illustrates a growing problem in Saskatchewan's booming oil capital: with money comes drugs Anne Kyle, with files from Sylvia MacBean, The Leader-Post Published:Â Thursday, October 09, 2008 REGINA -- The death of a 13-year-old Estevan girl from an overdose of ecstasy this summer highlights the growing drug problem in a city reaping the benefits of the oil boom in southeast Saskatchewan. "With the population growth and the oil boom and what not we are seeing an increase in everything else -- our drug problem and our crimes rates are going up. Our (crime) statistics are going up -- it's unbelievable,'' said Estevan City Police Sgt. Murray Cowan. "(Illicit drugs) have become a huge problem here -- cocaine and ecstasy and of course, marijuana has always been here.'' The death July 25 of this young girl from a... [read full story]