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Canada· SurreyBritish Columbia's involuntary psychiatric treatment law ruled unconstitutional
A court has ruled that British Columbia's law allowing bureaucrats to impose psychiatric treatment on involuntary patients without consent checks is unconstitutional, giving the government six months to fix it.
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British Columbia's psychiatric treatment law deemed unconstitutional
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The ruling highlights a broader issue of the state's overreach and authoritarian tendencies, particularly in its inability to manage social issues while infringing on legal rights.
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