As Canada delays medically assisted dying in mental illness cases, some find relief, others fear consequences

As Canada delays medically assisted dying in mental illness cases, some find relief, others fear consequences

When Savannah Meadows had lunch last October with her mother, Sharon Turcott, Meadows was “all smiles,” the mother told CBS News.  “Maybe she’s turned a corner,” Turcott recalled thinking about her daughter, who had been struggling with serious mental illness. The next morning, she received a scheduled email: “Mom, if you’re reading this, I’m probably…

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Poilievre backs mandatory psychiatric, drug treatment for kids, prisoners

Poilievre backs mandatory psychiatric, drug treatment for kids, prisoners

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he supports children and prisoners who are incapable of making decisions for themselves getting mandatory, involuntary drug and psychiatric treatment. That comes after the parents of a 13-year-old girl from B.C. testified at a parliamentary committee about her mental health struggles before her overdose death in an encampment of homeless people…

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