Mental Illness Plus Police Often Equals Tragedy

Mental Illness Plus Police Often Equals Tragedy
BERKELEY, California, U.S., Nov 26 2013 (IPS) – Just before midnight on Feb. 12, Kayla … Crisis Intervention Training is premised on the principle that people experiencing mental health distress need compassion and treatment, not jail. “The tactics … Read more on Inter Press Service

Drug Court graduates 180 participants
Judge Glade F. Roper, left, presents commencement speaker Danny Trejo with a machete that reads '… on the cutting edge of recovery' during the Tulare County Adult Drug Court graduation at the Visalia Convention Center on Tuesday. / Ron Holman … A … Read more on Visalia Times-Delta

Rep. Trey Radel admits buying cocaine. Will Congress toss him out?
He will enter in-patient rehab in Florida and be in supervised probation for one year. Representative Radel looks to be the first sitting member of Congress to be charged with a drug offense since 1982, when former Rep. Frederick Richmond (D … Read more on Alaska Dispatch