I don’t want to get too political in shower thoughts, but this would solve a lot of the hot button issues if more people just had safer and supportive environments to escape to and volunteers / paid professionals to help them on the other end.
The city I live in has a “crisis services” unit for mental health crises, drug abuse related crises, welfare checks, psychiatric evaluation for hospitalization, and so on.
Pretty much everyone in the USA is served by mobile crisis teams. 988 will connect you to one
Same with my city. During the defund the police talk they made national news as an alternative to armed police response to mental health crisises.
Is there a 3 digit number you can call?
988 anywhere in the USA
I am no longer one of the 86% of Americans who never heard of this
Pretty new. Only existed for like a year now
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That’s like half the country…
Maybe we’ll end up with just 1 half of the country where people are all chill and caring and the other half can be toxic to each other because they thrive off of unhealthy drama. But oh well.
I’m in Texas. Guess which half I’ll get…
As an escapee from the south, I’d gladly donate to help people make it out.
Nobody should have to live there, it’s inhuman.
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Yeah, you do that Jeff. Go to someone’s private home and fix everything wrong in there before someone gets hurt.
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No, they’re asking to do one thing and using a slogan that sounds completely bat-shit insane.
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In East Grand Rapids, there is a single service for emergency responders who are trained as police / fire fighters, and paramedics so only one vehicle shows up. Consolidating them instead of defunding them actually improved things.
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Woah, slow down Hitler. No. Defund the police is not the same message as Reorganize Emergency Services. :p
I could use this when I’m getting arrested for using illegal substances. They take me to a safe space where I can get high without worrying about incarnation and inhumane treatment.
Hate to break it to you, but you’ve been incarnated already…
Let’s get carnal baby. I’ll bring the caramel.
Not a great time to have diabetes…
