Petition Law to allow families to request compulsory assessment when addiction risks life
The Government should pass a Substance Abuse and Addiction Act. It should let families, with medical evidence and court oversight, request compulsory assessment when severe addiction risks life, ensure quicker treatment, better integrated services, more safeguards, and lawful early intervention.
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Our country has high drug-related deaths. We view addiction as a chronic brain disorder that impairs judgement, impulse control, and risk awareness. Families often can't act early enough. Several other countries allow court-supervised early intervention. A UK Act would prioritise treatment, enable better safeguarding, and give families more legal tools to prevent avoidable deaths. We think the UK is behind other countries and we need laws changed to help families.
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