Homeless people

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

If you are not of sound mind, then there is a good chance you have no idea what you are eligible for and are not educated enough to even go find out. Instead, you may very well spend your days hiding, afraid of being locked up in a "crazy house" or walking up and down the streets talking to people no one else see, as do several homeless men who live in my neighborhood. They never ask a single person for change--in fact, I've never seen them speak to anyone who was visible. It's only these extreme cases who I'm referring to. As for the others, they can be debated about by the rest of the board.

Okay, well, the alternative is to lock them up against their will or to force medication on them they might not want. If they are of no danger to anyone else (and the mental health system is supposed to make that determination) or themselves, they get to go free.

It is still their choice not to take their meds and not to take advantage of whatever programs are available to them. If their disease has taken their ability to choose away, so sad for them, but again, it's not my problem.