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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is not humane to leave sick people out on the street to hurt themselves and others. No rational objective person would choose that life. They need help. I think Adams made the right decision.

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But his plan SPECIFICALLY is talking about people who are NEITHER a danger to themselves or others. [/quote]

This is bizarre - living on the streets (especially high) is inherently a danger to themselves AND others.  [/quote]

NP. I don't think the courts are going to agree with you here, but even if they did, where does that leave you? There's hundreds of people living on the street (not counting people who are in emergency shelters) and there aren't hundreds of beds. I'm not sure which psych wards in the city take involuntary commitments, I know GW does (my husband was committed there once) and it has 20 beds. PIW has 120 which is relatively speaking huge, but these beds are mostly already occupied. You tried to get a loved one committed to the psych ward recently? I have, and it was days of sitting in the ER waiting for a bed somewhere to open, and when it did it wasn't at a hospital that takes involuntary commitments.

This is a PR stunt, not a plan.[/quote]

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