Re: inspired by 8chan
"The US no longer can forcibly put someone in a mental health facility--except in extreme circumstances."
It's even worse than that -- unless you're wealthy, it's very hard to get into a mental health facility even if you want to.
Much of this is because of actions Reagan took that greatly reduced availability of mental health resources. Remember when most homeless people weren't actually mentally ill? I do, and that changed during Reagan when he cut mental health spending, forcing a lot of mental health facilities to close and release their patients out onto the street.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
