In re the Narcotic Addiction Control Commission

This case presents for our consideration an attack upon the constitutionality of the procedural and substantive provisions of the Narcotic Control Act of 1966 as they relate to the compulsory treatment of addicts who have neither been charged nor convicted of criminal activity.

Pursuant to section 206 (subd. 2, par. a) of the Mental Hygiene Law “ [a]ny person with whom an alleged addict may reside or at whose house he may be, or the husband or wife, father or mother, brother or sister, or the child or the nearest relative available, or anyone who believes that a person is a narcotic addict, or…