This chapter uses 'mandatory treatment'to cover both coercive and compulsory treatment
modalities. The choice-making dimension within mandatory treatment arguably makes a …

During the 1980s, social scientists and policy makers have been examining the different
kinds of pressures that affect the behavior of drug addicts, and have been discussing how …

The philosophical basis of civil commitment and other forms of compulsory treatment for
drug abuse seems to have considerable logic. The theory of civil commitment holds that, of …

Pre-reflectively, many addicts seem either not responsible, or less responsible, for their
addictive conduct, at least if they lack responsibility for their addiction. Moore believes …

This review hinges on two concepts: compulsion and treatment. Compulsion in the Shorter
Oxford English Dictionary connotes the idea of being compelled, constrained, obliged, or …

The article begins by contrasting medical and moral views of addiction and how such views
influence responsibility and policy analysis. It suggests that since addiction always involves …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the unwillingness of unwilling addicts. Since
they are unwilling, it seems to be an important starting point for therapy in these cases. An …

To the Editor: In an article in the June 2002 issue, the committee on addictions of the Group
for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP)(1) discussed the problem of individual …

In Canada, illicit drug use and addiction have traditionally been considered as a criminal
justice problem and have been addressed from a legal perspective. Over the past century, a …

In what sense is a person addicted to drugs or alcohol incompetent, and so a legitimate
object of coercive treatment? The standard tests for competence do not pick out the capacity …