"Some would argue that any effort to help addicted people that doesn’t have their full consent is unethical. If that were true, the proper response to someone dying of an opioid overdose would be to ignore them, because an unconscious person cannot consent to a life-saving dose of an overdose-reversal drug. In truth, sometimes it’s moral to help people precisely because they are not in a fit state to help themselves." I think this is a really well-written piece on changes that need to be made in our response to the current addiction crisis. https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-addiction-compassionate-intervention-saves-lives