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vinny9698

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3. I worked for Texas MHMR, and they called it "Greyhound Therapy"

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Aug 20, 2016, 12:14 AM

Aug 2016

We had chronic mental patients that were creating scenes and just being a nuisance. The therapist would ask them if they any relatives anywhere in the US that they would like to visit. Of course the client would say yes and then we would approach the Salvation Army which would pay for the ticket and provide sack meals for the number of days it would take them to get there.

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Bogota’s solution to homeless problem: Put them on the bus to other cities [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2016 OP

The Argentine dictatorship did the same thing in the late 1970s. forest444 Aug 2016 #1

A lot of Colombian mayors are connected to the neo-paramilitaries, the new groups Judi Lynn Aug 2016 #5

Ugh. How much U.S. aid is this perpetually reprehensible government getting this year? JackRiddler Aug 2016 #2

US cities do the same thing and worse nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #4

The numbers proportionately are wildly dissimilar. Judi Lynn Aug 2016 #8

Well I guess we should stop ganging up on the Colombian government then. JackRiddler Aug 2016 #9

Not saying that, just the US has very little moral standing on the issue nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #10

Would you also agree with that re: Middle East, Ukraine? JackRiddler Aug 2016 #13

My state does it with its addicts and mentally... a la izquierda Aug 2016 #12

Their price has been lowered after Obama was elected, but the last time I heard, it was still Judi Lynn Aug 2016 #6

I worked for Texas MHMR, and they called it "Greyhound Therapy" vinny9698 Aug 2016 #3

Oh, jeez.That's inhuman, monstrous. How many lost souls could survive something like that? Thanks.nt Judi Lynn Aug 2016 #7

Having ridden Greyhound before... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #15

I see they have a conservative approach. LeftRant Aug 2016 #11

There are degrees of wrong. JackRiddler Aug 2016 #14