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1.5 million public school students experienced homelessness in the most recent year data is available for [0]. Should we also demand that they seek treatment b
by alex_young 5y ago
1.5 million public school students experienced homelessness in the most recent year data is available for [0].
Should we also demand that they seek treatment before housing them?
[0] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/homeless-population-there-are-more-homeless-students-in-the-u-s-than-people-living-in-dallas-2020-02-04/#app https://www.cbsnews.com/news/homeless-population-there-are-m...
- neartheplain 5y agoTo reply on the article's terms: if a minor is homeless due to heroin addiction or psychiatric illness, then yes, the state should mandate substance abuse treatment or psychiatric care.
- michaelmrose 5y agoDo you make any kind of help contingent on using their vulnerability and need to extort consent to use drug testing and quacks to see if they need help. Given that psychiatric problems are subjective how do you keep shrinks from writing a prescription for a bigger paycheck when evaluating minors you are coercing.
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