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I'm not necessarily "anti-police" but I do agree that treating "criminal" behavior as a mental health issue rather than one to be handled by punitive measures i
by enobrev 12y ago
I'm not necessarily "anti-police" but I do agree that treating "criminal" behavior as a mental health issue rather than one to be handled by punitive measures is the best way forward.
- anigbrowl 12y agoThis is a huge problem in the US; lots of people have mental health problems but there are very few votes in trying to fix it. I've gone on at length about this before so I'll just offer these two links for people who want to get up to speed on the issue: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/12/what-happened-to-u-s-mental-health-care-after-deinstitutionalization/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/12/w... http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/timeline-mental-health-america http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/timeline-mental-...