The UCP is considering a law that would force people with severe drug addictions to be placed into treatment without their consent, according to documents obtained by The Globe and Mail.
The Compassionate Intervention Act would be the first involuntary treatment law in Canada to target addiction.
Euan Thomson, the executive director of Each + Every: Businesses for Harm Reduction, says the approach could lead to more overdoses. The Globe's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy request covers hundreds of pages of emails, internal reports and government analysis of laws in Australia, Portugal, Massachusetts and Washington State.
A statement from Mental Health and Addiction Minister Nicholas Milliken's office confirmed the "potential development of a Compassionate Intervention Act."
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