{
  "id": 15897999,
  "title": "Opinion: After decades of the mental health and addiction crisis, B.C. owes people a way forward",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/opinion-after-decades-of-the-mental-health-and-addiction-crisis-b-c",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:00:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Vancouver Sun",
    "slug": "vancouver-sun",
    "url": "https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-after-decades-of-the-mental-health-and-addiction-crisis-b-c-owes-people-a-way-forward"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Keir Macdonald: Housing, treatment, involuntary care and public safety are often debated as separate solutions. The real challenge is building a system that connects them",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}