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Re:San Francisco library turning off WiFi at night to keep h... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @05:35PM (#36333078)
> How about shoring up the social safety net like other developed countries?

Genuinely curious: how is the mental-health and drug addiction nexus dealt with when one has an unwilling participant?

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Re:San Francisco library turning off WiFi at night to keep h... by sangnoir on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @05:49PM (#36333242)
Participate in what exactly? You won't find many takers if the intervention is automatic institutionalization. There are a lot of areas the US has not explored between commiting people to mental asylums and letting them roam the streets.
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Re:San Francisco library turning off WiFi at night to keep h... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @05:53PM (#36333284)
> Participate in what exactly?

I don't know–I'm asking what "other developed countries" do.

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