>The government can't just compel mental health care on a whim. They need evidence. Evidence like trespassing citations, public intoxication arrests, and citations for defacating in public
These are not signs of mental illness, and should not be considered reasons to imprison someone in a mental health facility and/or forcibly drug them.
I agree with you, but couldn't they be indicators of mental issues? In the same way that me stumbling doesn't mean I'm drunk, but the likelihood of someone stumbling goes up when they are drunk.
These are not signs of mental illness, and should not be considered reasons to imprison someone in a mental health facility and/or forcibly drug them.