Involuntary treatment for substance use: application of Kass’ ethical framework to Alberta’s <i>Compassionate Intervention Act</i>
Key points In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, where governments are all in various stages of developing legislation for involuntary addiction treatment. Involuntary treatment is not new; for example
Authors
- Kate Colizza
- Patty Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3149-3659)
- Bonnie Larson
Institutions
- University of Calgary (CA)
- The Wilson Centre (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.250910
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00