You used the word “crime”. I have concerns about that, because for the octogenarian who is delirious from his pneumonia and who tries to strangle you with his Foley catheter, is that really a crime? How is that a crime? It's beyond his control. For the patient with substance abuse issues such as crystal meth and who is psychotic and violent, is that really a crime? Or is that really a reflection of the toxic syndrome he is having?
I'm a Tory-blue Conservative, believe me, so I'm a big fan of punishing crime, but in the context of the emergency department, I have grave concerns with characterizing it as criminal activity and not as aberrant behaviour on the basis of organic disease or toxic syndromes. That's my first thing—