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Vaughn Palmer: Court overturns B.C.'s unique law for forced treatment of people with mental illness

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VICTORIA — The B.C. NDP government suffered a major defeat last week when a court threw out a unique-to-B.C. law that allowed some patients with mental disorders to be treated with powerful mind-altering drugs without their consent.

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B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lauren Blake found the involuntary treatment provision in the Mental Health Act was “arbitrary, overbroad, grossly disproportionate, and not in accordance with........

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