After forced treatment he was adjudged competent to stand trial on August 7, 2012.

So why are mental patients, not substance abusers, subject to forced treatment?

Thus ethical concerns regarding forced treatment or coercion of minors arise.

But other advocates warned against eliminating the forced treatment.

The issue of forced treatment is complicated by the continuing debate over abortion and the extent to which fetuses are entitled to legal protection.

After the incident Laura's parents chose to advocate for forced treatment of individuals considered to have mental illness.

Such forced treatment now requires a judge's signature.

Rehabilitation more often than not has taken the form of forced treatment or training, ostensibly for the good of the offender, and the community.

And if that is so, the logic for forced treatment collapses.

Instead, the report emphasizes forced treatment and greater accountability among those who administer local treatment programs.