“I think the sad fact is, there's a long history in this country at looking at African-American as subhuman. And I think that's reflected in the fact that, when we have problems that really are problems of employment, that are really problems of mental health, that are really problems of drugs, our answer is the police.” ThinkingLongCountryFactsProblemAnswersDrugPoliceMental HealthEmploymentAfrican American Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.” JobsStudyDevelopmentDrugSkillsTrainingProgramAbusePrisonMental HealthTreatmentParticipationDrug AbuseInmatesJob TrainingSkills DevelopmentRecidivismVocational TrainingVocational Education Author:Bobby Scott
“Not everyone who's homeless is a drug-addict or in need of mental health care. Some are normal people who've been knocked down, and it can happen to you, too. Not all of us made bad life choices.” PeopleNeedsMadeHappensCareChoicesDrugNormalDown AndMental HealthHealth CareHomelessAddictLife ChoicesDrug AddictKnocked DownBad Life Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“[Hillary Clinton] is giving money to N.I.M.H. [National Institute for Mental Health] ultimately to conduct more experiments on two- to four-year-olds. What they're going to do is conduct a lot of clinical studies which actually drug two- to four-year-olds.” GivingYearsTwoStudyFourDrugMental HealthClintonExperimentsFour YearsInstituteClinicalsGiving Money Author:Peter Breggin
“The legalization of drugs, a proliferation of a public health approach to drug use and drug addition, a compassionate mental health system. And can we just say gender equality and the end of mass incarceration and the final shedding of the vestiges of a slave-based nation? Can we have that, too? Can I have it all?” EndsUseNationsDrugApproachMassMental HealthSlaveFinalsGenderCompassionateGender EqualityPublic HealthProliferationIncarcerationDrug UseMass IncarcerationHealth System Author:Ayelet Waldman