"The court needs a medical detoxification unit that is dual-diagnosis, so when police pick up people who are drunk they can be monitored closely. Some people might have mental health issues or they might be self-medicating, so it's not just a case of throwing them in a cell.
"Within that time of detox, connections can be made back to family, as there is no point putting someone in a cell at three or four o'clock in the morning and then presenting them in court that same day when they are still drunk or high on methamphetamine."
"There's got to be a better way than just building more prisons. That is not addressing the other issues of mental health, drug and alcohol addiction. It is just covering it up."
"The police station is not the best place to manage an intoxicated person because police officers simply aren't qualified to do that. It appears there is a gap in the management of these people."
It seems entirely appropriate that those requiring constraint for offending are removed to a minimalist setting in which their drug or alcohol induced over sensitivity can have 'full rein,' where there exist no distraction from the meditative, reflective, self-deprecatory thoughts, regret and contrition that such position should embody ... but trying to wrap the errant in cotton wool?
... and what qualifications do you really need to manage a sot or a druggie other than to lock them up and wait until they are sufficiently composed to relate to the outside world in a reasonable manner?
There is no doubting the notion that 'so much harm is done by the well-intentioned.'
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Indeed. Hitting rock bottom can be cathartic. Worked for me.
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