The purpose of this law is to help people who have a severe addiction to substances and are unable to make good decisions about their treatment. This law aims to protect you from harm if you have a severe substance addiction. It also wants to help you get better by giving you medical treatment and stabilising your health.
This law has several goals, including helping you get a thorough assessment of your addiction. It wants to help you get medical treatment, such as managing your withdrawal from substances, to make your health more stable.
The law also wants to protect and enhance your mana and dignity, which means treating you with respect and kindness. It aims to help you make informed decisions about your treatment and substance use in the future.
The law wants to plan for your treatment and care to continue even after you are no longer required to have compulsory treatment. It gives you the chance to choose to have voluntary treatment, which means you can decide to get help without being forced to.
This means you will have the opportunity to engage in treatment that you choose, which can help you get better and stay healthy.
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1: Title, or
"What the Substance Addiction Act is about"
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Health.
