We had the opportunity to visit the Red Fish Healing Centre on Tuesday with the Premier.

#mlajennb #mentalhealthsupports #involuntarytreatment #addictionservices #coquitlam

NY jury urged to acquit suspect in Chinatown slayings by reason of insanity Marnie Zien from the Legal Aid Society said there would be no justice in holding the 31-year-old Santos criminally liable for actions he took in a state of psychosis.

In closing statements today, defense lawyer for #ChinatownHomelessMurders suspect #RandySantos urged the jury to find his client not guilty by reason of insanity (and send him for years of #InvoluntaryTreatment), rather than guilty (and jail him for life).
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Les Leyne: Addictions workers push back against involuntary care Some of the addictions workers the NDP says it is trying to protect say they will refuse to implement the “violent expansion of involuntary treatment.”

"Some of the #addiction #health workers the [ #BC NDP government] says it is trying to protect objected Monday, pledging to refuse to implement the “violent expansion of #involuntarytreatment.”" #healthcare #involuntarycare #BritishColumbia #Canada www.timescolonist.com/opinion/les-...

3/7 Alberta leads the charge with sweeping legislation allowing families, healthcare workers, or police to apply for involuntary treatment orders. People deemed at risk could be forced into secure facilities for up to three months — a dramatic policy shift.
#AlbertaPolicy #InvoluntaryTreatment

Les Leyne: Festival mass killing probes face long, uncertain road The mass casualties in Vancouver after a man drove an SUV through a crowd at the Lapu Lapu festival have put the government’s attempts to grapple with mental health crises into overdrive.

"The focus will be on sections dealing with... #involuntarytreatment. Public demands for more use of that power have increased markedly in recent years after random stranger attacks by obviously mentally-ill individuals left innocent people dead or injured" www.timescolonist.com/opinion/les-...

B.C.’s first involuntary treatment centre opens at Surrey correctional facility | Globalnews.ca The 10 beds, located at the South Fraser Pretrial Centre, will focus solely on patients who have come in contact with the justice system.

This #involuntarytreatment centre "will focus solely on patients who have come in contact with the #justicesystem ...taking patients with overlapping #mentalhealth and #substanceuse disorders or #braininjuries." #BC #BritishColumbia #Canada globalnews.ca/news/1114763...

Alberta introduces controversial involuntary addictions treatment bill | CBC News Bill 53, the Compassionate Intervention Act, lays out the criteria, guidelines and process for a family member or guardian, health-care professional or police officer to get someone into treatment. Th...

The #Alberta government introduced its long-promised and #controversial #bill on Tuesday to force people with severe substance #addictions into #InvoluntaryTreatment.
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Florida House approves involuntary mental health treatment for inmates with severe conditions Lawmakers authorize procedures for involuntary treatment of mentally ill inmates requiring care.

Florida's House Bill 903 could reshape the future of mental health treatment for inmates, igniting fierce debates over care versus rights.

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#FL #CitizenPortal #CriminalJusticeReform #MentalHealthReform #InvoluntaryTreatment

"This is trauma": new B.C. involuntary care guidelines get cold reception New guidelines around involuntary care are receiving criticism from those who advocate for drug users and their families

"This is not #treatment, it is #trauma. The very‬ people that are being denied access to #voluntarytreatment and basic services will be traumatized even‬ further with #involuntarytreatment." #harmreduction @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social #BC #Canada www.vicnews.com/news/this-is...

Involuntary treatment will fail to effectively treat substance use disorders, harm people and squander untold tax dollars.

And it'll probably target populations already over-represented in the carceral system.
#addictions #involuntarytreatment #Alberta
#racism #Indigenous #poverty

So, who's going to be incarcerated under this new scheme? Addicts who occupy corner offices in highrises and government buildings? Or just unhoused people? Will single parents be forced into "treatment"? What happens to their kids? Just asking questions.
#addictions #involuntarytreatment #Alberta

Updated review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences - National Elf Service Updated systematic review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences.

Updated review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences www.nationalelfservice.net?p=210261

#LivedExperience #MentalHealthLaw #MentalHealthAct #InpatientCare #CompulsoryTreatment #Sectioning #InvoluntaryTreatment #Research

Why involuntary medical admission and treatment won’t solve homelessness | The-14 Involuntary treatment won’t solve homelessness.Rising housing costs, inequality & underfunded services are the real causes, not mental health or addiction alone

Why involuntary medical admission and treatment won’t solve homelessness
#Canada #MentalHealth #Homelessness #HousingCrisis #MentalHealth #Addiction #SocialInequality #HumanRights #CompassionateCare #AffordableHousing #InvoluntaryTreatment
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For many unhoused people who end up on 5150 holds, their journey through #SF’s crisis care system ends with them back on the streets. #SFhomelessness #InvoluntaryTreatment #5150s