• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      1 year ago

      But it isn’t just being gravely disabled that puts you into custody.

      And people keep asking for a kinder method, but what do you do when a person refuses the kinder method? From the looks of it, it sounds like California is trying to build the real housing staffed with social workers to go along with compulsory treatment.

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          1 year ago

          Per your example, I would hope the state steps in to help the guy down on his luck. And if he says no to help due to depression and possibly starting to become suicidal, then it is absolutely a good idea for the state to force him to get treatment before he becomes worse.

          How is letting him drink himself to death on the street the humane option?