I'm going to put this story here. While it doesn't really mention the Ford gov't; it concerns the very poor way in which the health and justice systems manage the care of those w/serious mental health issues, and the lousy outcomes that result.
In this particular case, the story revolves around a woman who had been a nurse in Cornwall for decades, and had led a law abiding life........but whose bi-polar disorder grew worse in recent years, and she could no longer be counted on to take the medication that had kept in check.
Subsequently, she's had regular brushes w/that law, and consumed police, correctional and crown resources along w/those of the mental health system; essentially, because she can and will behave when properly medicated, but each time she has become 'normal' she has chosen to exit care and stop taking her medication.
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We want to be careful about the idea of compulsory administration of medication, or holding seemingly competent people against their will; but clearly, when evidence repeatedly shows that someone will become a risk to themselves and/or others if not medicated/cared for........we need a new approach.
As the above is a provincial matter, this seemed the most apt thread to post it in.
(sarcasm)
