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Second, involuntary treatment proponents make an association between mental health/addiction and public safety, suggesting that people with mental health problems or drug users are violent.

"At home my family were drug users and I wasn't being watched or had any boundaries," said Rhys, 27, who lives in the West of England.

Det Insp Sally Johns, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said Ms Hill was "not a routine drug user" but a "young girl embarking on life, looking forward to the future ahead of her".

And a detainee will spend at least six months here - even if they’re a casual, rather than addicted, drug user.

She was sick of battling supervisors and community activists who disparaged her tactics as inhumane and short-sighted when she called for giving police more authority to disperse homeless people and arrest drug users.