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flag British Columbia now allows doctors to start involuntary treatment for youth under 19 facing serious harm, bypassing consent to prevent tragedies.

flag British Columbia has issued new guidance allowing doctors to initiate involuntary mental health and substance-use treatment for youth under 19 without consent if they face serious harm, such as death or brain damage, following high-profile cases like that of 16-year-old Elliot Staples. flag The policy shift, supported by Premier David Eby and Dr. Daniel Vigo, urges immediate parental involvement and aims to prevent tragedies by enabling earlier family intervention, marking a departure from past practices that treated late teens as capable of making their own medical decisions.

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