LA backs Cal. laws to mandate mental health treatment, violating Mental Health Rights?

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5. There are a lot of ways to die

There are a lot of ways to die when someone is loose and delusional on the street. I'm not a Psychiatrist, but some of the treatments you listed are rather ancient and hardly in the mainstream. Yes, medications can produce unwanted side effects; but once the person can come back to a more reasonable state, they SHOULD be listened to and they, hopefully, could discuss any side effects with their doctors.

Nothing is perfect, but I'd rather try to save human beings who are sick from dying out on the street wandering around without the ability to make rational decisions for themselves. I do not want to imprison anyone, but there are times when it is a life or death situation and people haven't the ability to request help.

We should probably agree to disagree. I support this idea, and I will keep supporting it. I've seen loved ones in great danger and that experience has formed my opinion.