Involuntary ... called for ending forced labor in state prisons as one of its many recommendations. Prisoners can take classes, get substance-use or mental-health treatment, visit with family ...

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Should people with substance use disorder and severe mental illness be forced to undergo involuntary treatment? In the current provincial election campaign in B.C., the rival New Democrats and ...

If treatment is refused, the adolescent can be counselled, equipped for harm reduction and discharged. A prolonged involuntary admission can be implemented if necessary. The scope and details of ...

While parents, policymakers and others rightfully want to do everything they can to protect young people from harmful drugs, in the long run, involuntary treatment will cause more harm than good.

While parents, policymakers and others rightfully want to do everything they can to protect young people from harmful drugs, in the long run, involuntary treatment will cause more harm than good.

"The term 'involuntary care' has a rather negative social intonation, and ... should be replaced by 'compassionate care,'" he said. Fung said secure treatment facilities work because patients are ...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he supports involuntary drug addiction treatment for minors and prisoners when they are found to be incapable of making decisions for themselves ...

While parents, policymakers and others rightfully want to do everything they can to protect young people from harmful drugs, in the long run, involuntary treatment will cause more harm than good ...

Expanding involuntary care to people with addictions is intuitively appealing to some. Supporters of the idea position it as compassionate intervention that keeps the most vulnerable safe. But drug ...