Whiteorchids
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It isnt the drugs that make them nuts.. they are crazy to begin with.. the drugs make them feel better.. the drugs empower them. Heroin doesnt make you see demons..he saw those independently. Many many many heroin addicts are functional. They go to work every day and maintain.. Soccer moms doing heroin is an epidemic. Eventually, they go over the edge and use obsessively and end up losing their jobs and family due to needing and wanting more and more to maintain...
IN MM and RB's case.. they were mentally ill and the heroin was a medication . IMO You will kill for that next fix.. but heroin is not hallucinogenic.. The demons he saw were part of his mental illness..IMO..
We have a mental illness crisis in this country. Every boob with 2 years beyond college taking "therapy' credits leading to a an "MS degree" can now hang out a shingle. Psychiatrists are all private pay. They simply will not take insurance. Who is really mucking around in the minds of people? APRNs who specialize in psych, PAs who specialize in Psych, social workers etc. They simply arent qualified.. they just arent. Look around.. more druggies, more murders, more mass killings.. yet we have better medication than they had 30 years ago.. We have better access to health care but not to psychiatry.. Yes, they knew right from wrong..maybe..that doesnt help when people are being slaughtered, abused and neglected.
More psychiatrists, more psych in patient facilities that are low cost or free, more rules in these "shelters".. you stay here you need to get psychiatric care..and zero tolerance for people who live on the streets. If you are a danger to yourself ( living on a park bench in the snow) you are admitted to a facility. If you are a danger to others you go LONG TERM to a mental health hospital. the average stay is around 7 days.. Time to start sweeping up the streets.. looking in the shadows, holding these Psych counselors accountable and get the job done. It is a guessing game. they ask "are you suicidal?" no. "Are you homicidal?" no. OK see ya next week. It is Russian roulette.
Anything I write is just my opinion.
Well said. This is exactly how our system is. They want gun control but no long term hospitals for the mentally ill. People will always be able to access guns especially the criminals. No more sanitariums like in the old days. Our streets are full of the mentally ill. Seven days and back on the streets they go.