Alberta UCP Campaigns on Promise of Mandatory Drug Rehab for Addicts

Alberta UCP Campaigns on Promise of Mandatory Drug Rehab for Addicts
People wait to enter the Safeworks supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre in Calgary, Alta., on Aug. 26, 2021. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
Marnie Cathcart
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United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith, running for reelection as premier of Alberta, announced she will introduce a Compassionate Intervention Act to allow family members of drug addicts to petition the court for involuntary treatment.

“The sad reality is that despite the opportunity created by a booming economy, Alberta is also grappling with the effects of untreated mental health issues and the ongoing addiction crisis that jurisdictions are experiencing all over North America,” Smith said at a May 15 news conference in Calgary.