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[quote=Anonymous]The situation is so out of control. If disabilities advocates keep advocating that mentally ill people have the right to refuse treatment and medication then the ALL laws should absolutely apply to them.

So if the lady is so out of it that she refuses help then she should be arrested for disturbing the peace. If she is hostile when arrested that should be a charge as well. Incarceration is a better life than living on the streets like that. And it is easier to involuntarily medicate a convicted inmate due to their reduced liberty interests compared to a person on the streets brought into the ER.

This is because the state has a strong interest in managing the prison population safely and ensuring the inmate's well-being, which often outweighs the inmate's liberty interest in refusing medication.

It is wrong what we are doing to poor and working class communities that have so mentally ill unstable people wandering around. If you are more affluent you can live in an area that is more secure and you can drive your own car to work instead of having to deal with public transportation where so many violent, mentally ill people are having out. [/quote]

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