I once had a liberal boss who blamed Pres. Reagan for closing the mental hospitals.
(1) The ACLU won several important decisions that prevented the commitment of nut jobs to ye olde County Asylum. The courts ordered the freeing of huge numbers of them.
(2) Thorazine and Haldone got invented, which had the effect of making nuts act sorta normal, or at least peaceful, as long as they took them. Of course, once turned out of the asylum, there was no one to make them take them.
(3) Sorry. Lot's of Republicans were actually all for this because it saved a fortune
(4) If you want to see some of the best movie locations in the country, which can pass for schools, hospitals, country estates, etc. Ask a location director to get you a list of abandoned mental facilities near you.
No matter whose fault this is, it is one of the great tragedies of health care in this country. Many of the wack-job homeless would not be
>>I once had a liberal boss who blamed Pres. Reagan for closing the mental hospitals.
They all do. That’s their version of history.
Why, did you boss wanna check in?
Badam tish.