When it comes to addressing the drugs crisis in Alberta, the kind of policy the United Conservative Party or the New Democrats would implement has much to do with how the parties understand the concept of compassion for people addicted to drugs.
The debate is perhaps best exemplified in the UCP’s proposal to allow mandatory drug treatment.
It’s described as a policy that would allow for a family member, doctor, psychologist or police officer to make a petition to a specially appointed judge to issue a treatment order for someone who is in “imminent danger” to themselves or others.
It would be a
