Mental Health and Addictions Minister Sheila Malcolmson said concerns about the potential negative impact of the proposed legislation put forward in July 2020 led the province to consult further with First Nations, families, health-care experts and drug users.
However, critics of the proposed legislation said a lack of support and treatment outside a hospital could put youth at greater risk of overdose after their tolerance to toxic street drugs would be lowered during the treatment, usually after they’d ended up in an emergency room. “I think it would look really bad, from a government standpoint, to force any child from an Indigenous background into care,” she said in an interview Friday.
“I do believe that there’s a place for it,” she said of involuntary treatment. “I would have done anything to try and save my son.” He called on the government to create a central registry for those needing treatment and noted other provinces, including Alberta, have provisions for involuntary treatment of youth addiction.
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