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Alberta announced on October 26 that construction was complete on the 75 bed Enoch maskêkosihk Recovery Community supported by a $35 million provincial capital investment. The Indigenous led facility expects to begin treating clients in December, so the announcement marks construction completion, not the start of patient services.
Canadian law recognizes addiction as an illness that can impair control over drug use. Families struggling to prevent another overdose are left confronting a difficult distinction between dangerous behaviour, decision-making capacity and the power to compel treatment.
Supervised withdrawal addresses an immediate medical problem. A successful transition also needs follow-up care, an agreed treatment option and a real receiving service.
The Supreme Court held that Ontario's Consent and Capacity Board acted unreasonably in finding a psychiatric patient incapable of refusing proposed treatment. Rejecting medical advice doesn't itself prove incapacity.
Correctional Service Canada's release process addresses identification, medication and continuing services. The hardest transition can involve people whose care depends on several institutions talking to one another.
Canada's Correctional Investigator says the setting itself can interfere with treatment. The question isn't only whether care is available, but whether institutional decisions allow it to work.
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