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Originally Posted by Dion
He has to see his psychiatrist on a regular basis to get refills on his meds. Should he decide to go off his meds, his shrink would notice and have him detained.
Li and his lawyer have also said they would continue the monitoring of his meds.
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Originally Posted by jayswin
What? That can't be true can it? He has been granted an absolute discharge, which to my understanding is absolute freedom. Isn't the whole reason this is controversial because he could go off his meds now and as a society we now owe him the freedom to make that decision?
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Originally Posted by Dion
How else do you think he would get refills on his medication? Or the proper dosage if his meds go out of whack?
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You stated that if his shrink noticed that he stopped taking his meds he would be detained. I think you're misunderstanding what an absolute discharge is and why it's so controversial and hard to accept for some people.
I personally support it because of the process and people involved and a desire to live in a just society that still values people's freedoms even to the detriment of people's fears and safety in some cases. But the whole point of him being free is that no, the shrink couldn't have him detained fro anything.
The only thing he can be detained for now is by breaking any Canadian laws that the rest of us would be detained for. The government now has no extra controls or checks on his life beyond what they have over an ordinary citizen.