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Beyond Paternalism or Abandonment in Mental Health Care: An Interview with Neil Gong

Mad in America

The idea was to release some prisoners who were incarcerated for drug offenses into the community and build up a community support system. Building a robust community system is expensive and logistically complicated. In California, we saw Proposition 47 turn meth and heroin possession into misdemeanors.

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

Mad in America

Yet, in many of America’s underfunded and under-resourced community-based systems, it is often impossible for people to access care until and unless they are in a crisis. Proponents of court-ordered treatment also frequently argue that it is voluntary.