"Schizophrenia, drugs were his demons", by Morgan Ian Adams, appeared in The Barrie Examiner on July 23, 2010.
This article discusses Aron Firman who lived with schizophrenia and drug addiction. Sadly, he died from the use of a Taser during a confrontation with police officers after an altercation with another resident in the group home where Aron lived.
Four weeks after his death, his family is still trying to understand how this happened, and how it could have been prevented.
Do you think increased understanding of mental illness would have helped in this situation?
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