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Originally Posted by Sly
you may be right regarding the influence medical institutions can have over the laws, though I don't know, privacy is always a HUGE issue.
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You're right, much of it is determined by what the laws are. But much of it is also affected by policies. Policies on what to do when someone is exhibiting certain behavioral traits, and you bet those associations and institutions have an influence on policy.
Authorities need to start taking these warning signs a lot more seriously, but the thing I'm afraid of is that it's very easy for something like this to turn into a witch hunt. It's going to get a lot more ridiculous in the US (and very likely Canada) if anyone or any student etc can just go report someone and say they've been "acting funny", "making weird threats" etc. even though they haven't, and that innocent person gets investigated and examined up the yingyang and gets red flags all over his/her record, school record, medical record or what have you.
It's a fine line we walk.