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Why are all these mentally ill people roaming free and not medicated or put into an asylum? I kinda feel like the whole hippie era caused people to

Stop being very strict and now we need strictness in the world😦
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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
years ago the institutions they were housed in were found to be very abusive. As a medical student we had a rotation in one. I still have nightmares about the "snakepit." I still can't forget the sights and the smells!

A decision was made to de-institutionalize, but no one came up with the funding needed to adequately house them and treat them in ambulatory settings.