Pubdate: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2017 Postmedia Network Inc. Contact: http://www.theprovince.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Charles Lopez Page: 14 LOCK UP THE DRUG ADDICTS Recent Province articles reported on addicts overdosing as many as three times a day. Besides the harm and risk the addicts are doing to themselves, their behaviour also places great strain on our emergency response and emergency medical systems. One solution would be to lock them up for a period of about 30 days on either legal or mental-health grounds. It would give them a chance to dry out and for social workers to work with them to try to cure their addiction. I know this wouldn't be cheap to implement, but if all the current costs are added up, the status quo isn't cheap either. Charles Lopez, Cherryville - --- MAP posted-by: Matt