this is a pendulum-swing reversal of a previous era where you could be institutionalized without redress. Similar arguments (rightly) are going on about the ser

this is a pendulum-swing reversal of a previous era where you could be institutionalized without redress. Similar arguments (rightly) are going on about the seriously-mentally ill. Another part of it is that super powerful painkillers are readily available and highly addictive. Like the crack "epidemic" in the 1980s, these drugs are so strong and pervasive that it visibly changes whole cities.