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The rates of violent crime, murder, and untreated mental illness directly correlate in the US with the rate of poverty. In locations where poverty is very high,
by adventured 2y ago
The rates of violent crime, murder, and untreated mental illness directly correlate in the US with the rate of poverty. In locations where poverty is very high, the murder rate is very high (and that combo is amplified by population density).
That's due to the exceptionally mediocre social safety net in the US, among numerous other causes.
If you're in the bottom 1/3 you have very limited access to quality+sustained mental health treatment. If you're in the top 1/3, you have nearly unlimited access to getting treatment for a mental illness.
It's not millionaires roaming the streets of US cities looking like zombies, blasted out on drugs, hauling around untreated mental illnesses.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoIt’s mostly fentanyl or some other kind of drug abuse, not mental illness. Seattle made the mistake of trying to treat drug abuse as a form of mental illness and got burned badly since you can’t really treat it without getting rid of the drug abuse aspect first. Decriminalizing hard drugs definitely hasn’t helped, and you can’t really force any of these people into drug treatment because they prefer cheap drug fixes instead.
- Brechreiz 2y agoYeah, those stupid drug addicts who prefer taking drugs over treatment!