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B.C.'s Drug War Survivors call forced treatment plan 'a failure of justice' (www.wltribune.com)
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[–] TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Let's be clear that this is a way to criminalize homelessness, nothing more. We all know they're not gonna send the white collar or trades addicts to these places. In the Depression era vagrant laws and asylums served the same purpose.