I really appreciate this. I think this is the scary part: The government keeps hearing evidence it doesn't like, so it decides that it is not actually evidence and that it's going to continue on its path because, clearly, “We just haven't done it properly.”
Dr. Knight, I found it really interesting that you said the outcomes are poor in Oregon and British Columbia, but you think that we should continue trying to do what has been a failed experiment. Then, further in your statement, you actually stated that Alberta, which is doing a dramatically different recovery-oriented system of care changes...that the Alberta model would potentially be a better outcome for the person you fabricated in your story. How can both things be true? I'm very confused.