Involuntary treatment for substance use: application of Kass’ ethical framework to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act Key points In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, where governments are all in various stages of develo...

I contributed to this @cmaj.ca Commentary because:

1. Choosing control over care is a failure of imagination that invites despair; and,

2. Health equity requires advocacy.

#HealthEquity
#DecolonizeCare
#CareOverControl
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www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250910