San Francisco to force treatment on mentally ill drug users

Associated Press ^ | June 4, 2019 | Janie Har

[Olog-hai]

San Francisco officials decided Tuesday to force some people with serious mental illness and drug addiction into treatment, even if it goes against the spirit of a city known for its fierce protection of civil rights.

Several members of the Board of Supervisors voiced deep concerns Tuesday about the possibility of taking away a person’s civil liberties, but the proposal for a pilot program passed 10-1.

Mayor London Breed and other supporters say the move — known as conservatorship — is necessary to help people who are often homeless, addicted to drugs and have a mental illness, making them a danger to themselves.

“Allowing people to continue to suffer on our streets is not acceptable or humane, and I am glad the Board of Supervisors supported our approach to finally make a change,” Breed said in a statement after the vote.

The measure would apply to a handful of people, the city’s department of public health estimated, although the number would grow under legislation pending at the state level. …

[Olog-hai]

I would have figured higher, just based on my experience around such people.

[Yaelle]

This is a good thing. People with severe mental illnesses, that don’t allow them to function in our society, need to be fully under care of their families or else they need to be removed from public life for their own safety and hygiene and that of the public.

Freedom is not “free” for the incapacitated. They need to be kept secure and cared for in a decent place. We need tax dollars to care for our least fortunate brothers and sisters with mental incapacities. From mental illnesses to Alzheimer’s, we owe them all safe, happy places where they can try to find potential ways to reintegrate into society or if not, to be well cared for through their days.

[mass55th]

Keep telling yourself that.

[varyouga]

Don’t need to “tell myself” that.

I see it on my own streets, actually talk to addicts and volunteer with groups that help them. Disease rates of actual people have no doubt decreased when they gained the ability to have clean needles. People who are not infected with disease are far more likely to stop using and cannot infect others.

[Olog-hai]

Rest assured that there are ulterior motives since these are left-wing politicians taking this action.

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We need tax dollars to care for our least fortunate brothers and sisters with mental incapacities …:

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So we need big government to do this? It was big government that caused these problems.

[Albion Wilde]

Summer of Love was in 1967

LIke they say, "If you remember the 60s, you weren't there." :-)

[dfwgator]

Blue Oyster Cult - This Ain’t The Summer of Love

Feeling easy on the outside
But not so funny on the inside
Feel the sound, pray for rain
For this is the night we ride

This ain’t the garden of Eden
There ain’t no angels above
And things ain’t like what they used to be
And this ain’t the summer of love

Lock all your doors from the outside
The key will dangle by the inside
You may begin to understand
That this is the night we ride

This ain’t the garden of Eden
There ain’t no angels above
And things ain’t like what they used to be
And this ain’t the summer of love

On the night we ride, this ain’t the summer of love.
This ain’t the garden of eden
There ain’t no angels above
And things ain’t like what they used to be
And this ain’t the summer of love
This ain’t the summer, this ain’t, this ain’t
This ain’t the summer of love