Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he supports involuntary drug addiction treatment for minors and prisoners when they are found to be incapable of making decisions for themselves — but is still looking into whether he can support it for non-incarcerated adults.
In July, when asked about a potential national strategy to compel drug users into treatment, Poilievre told reporters he was “open” to the idea of involuntary drug treatment for addicts but was not sure whether you could take someone off the street who hadn’t committed a criminal offence and successfully rehabilitate them.
On Thursday, he was asked the question again.
“I believe for children, and for prisoners who are behind bars, there should be mandatory drug treatment, when they are found to be incapable of making decisions for themselves,” Poilievre said in Toronto.
“For adults, I’m still doing a lot of research on how that would work.”
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