“Of Course” Harjit Sajjan Liberal Candidate For Vancouver South & Ex VPD Detective-Constable with the Gang Crime Unit Supports Screening Federal Prisoners For ADHD

At the Justin Trudeau Rally Sept 10th in Vancouver, I asked Harjit Sajjan Liberal Candidate For Vancouver South (Twitter: @HarjitSajjan  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harjit.sajjan.7 ) an Ex-Vancouver Police Detective-Constable with the Gang Crime Unit specializing in organized crime who was with the VPD for 11 years my question about screening federal prisoners for ADHD I’ve asked other federal politicians. We ADHD adults are only 5% of the population, but we’re 4 to 9 times more likely to end up in jail than non-ADDers. 21% To 45% 0f Prisoners Have ADHD 15 Peer Reviewed Studies Show. Federal, provincial and municipal jails should screen prisoners for ADHD. See If He Outgrew It, What Is He Doing in My Prison? Also, 20-30%+ addicts & alcoholics have ADHD studies show, ignoring and stigmatizing ADHD makes many of us self-medicate with drugs. Harjit was also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces and a combat veteran. He has deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina and served three separate deployments to Kandahar, Afghanistan. He is also a recipient of the Order of Military Merit, Officer, So my question to Harjit Sajjan was given 21% To 45% 0f Prisoners Have ADHD 15 Peer Reviewed Studies Show, would you support screening prisoners in federal jails for ADHD? Here’s his response. “Of course. As a former police officer, I’d rather have prisoners go in and get rehabilitation where they get the right medical care so they don̵...
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