A good read on one reason the current mental health/homeless crisis is exploding

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Aug 4, 2022
5:24:32pm

sidsie716 All-American

A good read on one reason the current mental health/homeless crisis is exploding

The Lund Report

Meth Has Changed, And It’s Sabotaging Oregon’s Mental Health System

In the state with the highest rate of meth use in the nation, the drug is driving severe mental illness among criminal defendants at the state psychiatric hospital, and patients elsewhere are paying the price.

https://www.thelundreport.org/content/meth-has-changed-and-it%E2%80%99s-sabotaging-oregon%E2%80%99s-mental-health-system

Disclaimer, I used to practice in Oregon and worked closely with the two psychologists cited in the article. But the information is a good explainer of new challenges being faced a lot of places. Oregon is just one of the ground zeroes for it.

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A good read on one reason the current mental health/homeless crisis is exploding

sidsie716

8/4/22 5:24pm

Drugs causing problems in Oregon? No one could have foreseen that.

cracka

8/4/22 5:25pm

Meth and opioids are destroying rural and urban areas everywhere, Oregon is just

vagabonder

8/4/22 5:29pm

And they are also on the forefront of decriminalization. Let's see how that

cracka

8/4/22 5:32pm

It generally works out well. Many politicians are too thick to realize throwing

vagabonder

8/4/22 5:36pm

If my taxes pay for your welfare because you are a crack head then I’m a victim.

GilbertAZCougar

8/4/22 5:42pm

Jail is more expensive, no?

vagabonder

8/4/22 5:44pm

Not even close. Their per patient daily cost in the article is almost $1500.

cracka

8/4/22 6:02pm

I would support forced hospitalizations.

BNcoug

8/4/22 5:46pm

So far it is. They are the number one meth use state.

cracka

8/4/22 5:52pm

You and I must have very different definitions of a victimless crime.

crack

8/4/22 5:59pm

Apparently.

vagabonder

8/4/22 6:08pm

Shouldn't it be blue?;)

Shore10

8/4/22 5:28pm

There was a good, scary, article in The Atlantic on this too.

runnincoug

8/4/22 5:33pm

Here you go. Must read for understanding what is going on

Zenoch

8/4/22 5:53pm

I have posted this here several times as I now see schizophrenic homeless meth users most every time I’m on call

Osteotome

8/4/22 6:12pm

Yep. Noticed that. Excellent article. Really helped me understand better what is going on. Should be a must-read for

Zenoch

8/4/22 6:26pm

See this daily at the hospitals in Utah, too. It's super sad and hard to deal

fattycoug

8/4/22 5:35pm

Very sad.

8/4/22 5:49pm

How many "Don't do drugs" messages do kids hear growing up? It's not working.

8/4/22 5:59pm

Maybe it works on the ones that don't try it?

Rhubarb

8/4/22 6:23pm

Good point. But what about the ones who do?

8/4/22 6:25pm

The amount of fitting board names in this thread is uncanny.

Shore10

8/4/22 6:39pm

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