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Coercive interventions have been the preferred response to substance use in many countries. When evaluated, these programs are documented to have success rates lower than four percent. Beyond their marginal benefits, forced treatment programs come with their own downsides, including heightened risk of fatal drug poisonings.

In Massachusetts, where involuntary treatment has been the law of the land since 2018, the state public health department found that the risk of fatal overdose was twice as likely compared to post-voluntary treatment.

Last year the Red Deer Recovery Community opened its doors. The provincially funded 75-bed treatment centre is managed by Edgewood Health Network, a for-profit health care company which operates 11 similar sites across Canada. For Edgewood's services in Red Deer, the province has found itself dishing out $13 million a year.

With so much profit to be made, Bay Street has rushed to insert itself into the equation. Expecting huge returns, Peloton Capital Management (PCM), a billion-dollar Toronto-based private equity firm, began financing Edgewood Health Network's expansion 2021.

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[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

All across the country our political leaders are getting behind coercive intervention

Has Singh called for this? Trudeau? Nah, this is a right-wing "blame, project, dehumanize, and profiteer off of victims" initiative.

Involuntary treatment (of already marginalized people) in for-profit 'health care centres,' backed by venture capitalists. This is some dystopian AF shit

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Has Singh called for this? Trudeau?

Eby did it, though. And maybe that's what saved their majority in this very tight election. He surely knows it's not the effective way to spend, but he also knows that it's an easy hill to not die on because so few really care about this.

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