CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Those struggling with drug addiction could be hospitalized against their will under a bill being proposed by a New Hampshire lawmaker.
State Sen. Jeb Bradley, a Republican from Wolfeboro, is proposing amending the state law that allows authorities to involuntarily commit people suffering from serious mental illness who pose a threat to themselves.
He tells New Hampshire Public Radio (https://bit.ly/2ijYFma) he was inspired by speaking to the family of someone who died of an overdose, and that the bill aims balance personal privacy with a family’s desire to help a loved one who’s in danger of dying.
There’s already often a backlog of patients waiting in emergency room to get into the state psychiatric hospital.
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Information from: WEVO-FM, https://www.nhpr.org/
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