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
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MAP posted-by: Matt