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Colorado Marijuana Legalization and Rise in Homelessness (Article)
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 708042" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>We have not had adequate supports for the mentally ill since i can remember. I relied heavily on self help groups and psychiatrists; at the time work insurance was good with low deductibles. This is no longer the case, which is why it is best if the mentally ill get social security which then offers Medicare and Medicaid. They/we need help and have no leeway to have too much pride to accept these services or we will have NONE.</p><p></p><p>But that doesnt include the mentally ill who cant work or would need a job coach to go to work with them. This does not include the mentally ill who are not needing community home living and cant live alone and handle it. Too many fall between the cracks. It is like this in many developed countries and it is shameful. A few small progressive countries (emphasis on small) are able to intervene in more personal and helpful ways with their mentally ill population. We are too large for one on one intervrntion for all, but we could build housing with medical health on the premisis for the mentally ill. Like assisted living for the elderly.</p><p>When mentally ill people, including psychotic folks, got "rigjts to refuse treatment" and hospitals were shut down, the mentally ill spilled both into the street and some had to go home with their parents, a poor, impossible lifetime solution since parents usually die before their adult children, leaving them shocked and helpless.</p><p></p><p>This is a taint on our country and it isnt getting better anytime soon. I dont believe our current leaders care one wit about the mentally ill. So we are writing off people who are suffering and helpless...and it breaks my heart...and I dont see a change for a long, long time. And it is very sad and disgusting too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 708042, member: 1550"] We have not had adequate supports for the mentally ill since i can remember. I relied heavily on self help groups and psychiatrists; at the time work insurance was good with low deductibles. This is no longer the case, which is why it is best if the mentally ill get social security which then offers Medicare and Medicaid. They/we need help and have no leeway to have too much pride to accept these services or we will have NONE. But that doesnt include the mentally ill who cant work or would need a job coach to go to work with them. This does not include the mentally ill who are not needing community home living and cant live alone and handle it. Too many fall between the cracks. It is like this in many developed countries and it is shameful. A few small progressive countries (emphasis on small) are able to intervene in more personal and helpful ways with their mentally ill population. We are too large for one on one intervrntion for all, but we could build housing with medical health on the premisis for the mentally ill. Like assisted living for the elderly. When mentally ill people, including psychotic folks, got "rigjts to refuse treatment" and hospitals were shut down, the mentally ill spilled both into the street and some had to go home with their parents, a poor, impossible lifetime solution since parents usually die before their adult children, leaving them shocked and helpless. This is a taint on our country and it isnt getting better anytime soon. I dont believe our current leaders care one wit about the mentally ill. So we are writing off people who are suffering and helpless...and it breaks my heart...and I dont see a change for a long, long time. And it is very sad and disgusting too. [/QUOTE]
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