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What makes 'em B.C. 'BILLIES - Drugs or more easily solved mental illness? BOTH, according to a terrifying report released February, 2008 by Vancouver Police which reveals that about a third of local police calls are made in response to incidents involving the mentally ill. And "70% of all psychiatric admissions at St. Paul’s Hospital involve a person who has multiple addictions and that over 50% of people with a mental illness abuse illegal drugs and alcohol." The title pretty much says it all: LOST IN TRANSITION: How a Lack of Capacity in the Mental Health System is Failing Vancouver’s Mentally Ill and Draining Police Resources, by Det.Fiona Wilson-Bates, Special Investigation Section. More here.
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