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Alberta spending $7.5 million to  put involuntary treatment rooms  in hospitals

Alberta’s government is allocating $7.5 million to create about 100 secure beds in hospitals throughout the province to accommodate people detained under the province’s controversial involuntary treatment program. The Compassionate Intervention Act, which became law in May 2025, allows a family member or guardian, health-care professional or police officer to apply for an order to have a person who uses drugs apprehended and involuntarily committed to treatment if it’s determined…