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DRUG ADDICTIONS – Eby announces plans for involuntary treatment centres

“Highly secure” facilities will be opened where people with long-term mental and health and addiction challenges get involuntary treatment, Premier David Eby announced today (Sept. 15, 2024). The first correctional centre will be at the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre, he said. The first secure housing and care facility will be on the grounds of the Alouette Correctional Centre (Monarch Homes) in Maple Ridge, which only requires minor renovations to meet the security requirements for residents and the community. All of the facilities will provide involuntary care under the B.C. Mental Health Act for people certified as requiring that care. “People with addiction challenges, brain injuries and mental-health issues need compassionate care and direct and assertive intervention to help them stabilize and rebuild a meaningful life,” said Eby. “This announcement is the beginning of a new phase of our response to the addiction crisis. We’re going to respond to people struggling like any family member would. We are taking action to get them the care they need to keep them safe, and in doing so, keep our communities safe, too.” A news release said the Province is also building more than 400 mental-health beds at new and expanded hospitals in B.C. [...]

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DRUG ADDICTIONS – Eby announces plans for involuntary treatment centres

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