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Originally Posted by jayswin
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.
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If a person poses a threat to himself or others a GP or psychiatrist can have him or her detained on a 24 hour admission ticket until it has been determined if the threat is real.
He might have the discharge but that doesn't mean he can't be detained if he poses a threat.