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In reply to the discussion: The Newtown tragedy will turn out to be related to Pharmaceuticals. [View all]Where did that notion come from. Private and public resources are available for those that want it. I had to make one phone call this past summer and was in to see a psychiatrist two days later.
As far as commitment, yes, it's sad in a way that crimes often have to happen first, but I feel that our current system is preferable to locking up people who haven't done anything wrong, but because of who they are.
Nazi Germany got in the habit of first discriminating against, and then imprisoning people based on who they were, not what they had done. Look how well that worked out. Endless human suffering at the hands of pure evil.
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So it is your opinion that the people which the medicine helped in her family is not valid?
still_one
Dec 2012
#6
Well, personally, I'm sitting here trying to correct some serious errors an accountant made ...
Denninmi
Dec 2012
#41
The NRA talking points for the last week have been the "mentally ill" crap as if the person
uponit7771
Dec 2012
#2
Looks like he did have help but still was to the point where his mom wanted to institutionalize him.
dkf
Dec 2012
#7
This family did. Regardless of that FACT, it doesn't matter. Adam Lanza had easy access to guns
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#11
You DON'T need a preceding criminal event for an involuntary commitment...
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#13
I agree there needs to be far more funds available for MH care and all social programs.
Denninmi
Dec 2012
#47
Oy vey I self deleted the wrong post. The post I want to be here is meds help my family members
mucifer
Dec 2012
#16