why is it so easy for these dangerous people to simply walk away from the centre for addiction and mental health?
blake, now 41, was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2010. the aspiring rapper has over 80 criminal charges and 30 convictions as an adult, including weapons-related offences, uttering threats, assault, and criminal harassment, typically targeting women who didn’t know him.
an inpatient for two years at camh, blake has been in and out of the hospital ever since, usually for testing positive for cocaine but once in 2014 for allegations of drug trafficking, plans to buy a gun, and reports of gambling on hospital grounds.
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placed on a detention order that allowed his readmission to the hospital, blake was brought back in for three weeks in 2019 after screening positive for cannabis and cocaine. according to court documents, “he required restraint and seclusion and was described as ‘a high risk for violence.'”
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