Amid the rising toll of opioid overdoses and deaths in the U.S., several states are considering laws enabling civil commitment for involuntary treatment of patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) ...

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An opioid addiction epidemic is killing more than 90 Americans each day. In Massachusetts, civil commitment has been used extensively to address this epidemic. Utah has passed a commitment law for ...

A stark, tree-lined roadway leads to the secluded Central New York Psychiatric Center in Marcy, a rust belt town where hundreds of mentally ill sex offenders are locked up without much chance of ...

May 17, 2021 - Amid the rising toll of opioid overdoses and deaths in the U.S., several states are considering laws enabling civil commitment for involuntary treatment of patients with substance use ...