More than a year ago, one of BC’s most famous lawyers & civil liberties advocates said “We need to have better interventions and that could include and should include involuntary care for people to make sure they at least have a chance…. I fundamentally disagree with the idea that it is respectful of someone’s liberty and human rights to release them into the street to die of an overdose.” That lawyer was @Dave_Eby. A year later, we still see 6 people die from overdoses every day in BC. #bcpoli vancouversun.com/opinion/column…
@elenoresturko Always the critic, but offer no solutions. Let's try to offer resources to those of US in need of mental health care
@elenoresturko With the stroke of a pen, involuntary care would usher in the most effective, humane, and life-sustaining support for people at risk of death from criminal predation on the streets
@elenoresturko John Horgan was the worst premier in BC history. Zero accomplishments!
@elenoresturko Geeze, Inspector! In case you forgot, the previous Liberal government closed Riverview and ignored the opioid crisis. You have a helluva lot of nerve! Sit down! #bcpoli
@elenoresturko How many addiction pathways could also be saved through adequate disability supports in schools. There is a document from the @BCOmbudsperson that outlines the impact on disabled students from years ago. Might be worth revisiting since the recent exclusion report was published.
@elenoresturko As usual just a lot of rhetoric no solutions. And to think you were policing our streets not that long ago.
@elenoresturko So is it better to lock them up, or offer them shelter, in exchange for forced injections of long acting depot antipsychotic they cannot refuse? For kickbacks (or free product) for the prescribers and institution?
@elenoresturko You know from your frontline experience that the mental health crisis faced by police/bcas/hospitals is the fault of your political party. Overnight everything changed -they decimated social programming and eliminated involuntary care options. What’s the plan to fix it?