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In reply to the discussion: What are your thoughts about institutionalizing drug abusers and the mentally ill? [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)48. You get it.
We're not that country anymore, but we don't change our systems and perceptions to accommodate how we have changed. Rather we keep trying to force the people that don't fit and for whom we no longer have a role into a place that only makes things worse until it becomes unbearable. Then we blame the person for failing to conform.
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What are your thoughts about institutionalizing drug abusers and the mentally ill? [View all]
Cleita
Dec 2012
OP
I'm ok with that for extreme cases like what you describe, but... is it practical?
Bradical79
Dec 2012
#1
I think your situation illustrates several of the problems we have in this perverse culture.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#2
there should be a place for people like her. I think it will happen in future years
Voice for Peace
Dec 2012
#3
Institutionalizing sweet, harmless people becuase they 'look scary' is not an idea I
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#4
I wasn't really looking for institutionalizing as a solution as it was in the past,
Cleita
Dec 2012
#6
Drug addicts were allowed to self-administer in that hot-bed of leftist thought, Jacksonville...
Eleanors38
Dec 2012
#43
And many of the State Hospitals now have a very high census of those convicted of serious crimes.
Adsos Letter
Dec 2012
#33
One other thing needs attention besides what you said, MM..people not only need the proper
shraby
Dec 2012
#20
Problem is, many patients refuse to take meds, and there is nothing that can be done...
Eleanors38
Dec 2012
#46
Combine modern, effective treatment with the self-sufficient practices of some older institutions.
Adsos Letter
Dec 2012
#36
Yes, thank you. If my bipolar ever sends me completely off the rails I want to
GreenPartyVoter
Dec 2012
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