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Will Medicating the Mentally Ill Increase Public Safety?
The raft of multiple shootings around the country has LA County Supervisors asking the legislature to expand what's called "Laura's Law ." It's named for a woman who worked at a mental health clinic in Nevada County and who was killed by a patient.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe raft of multiple shootings around the country has LA County Supervisors asking the legislature to expand what's called "Laura's Law." It's named for a woman who worked at a mental health clinic in Nevada County and who was killed by a patient. The purpose of Laura's Law is to medicate mentally ill people who've been refusing treatment before they commit any crime. The legislature has not provided any funding and, so far, only Nevada County has implemented Laura's Law. But Los Angeles County does have a pilot program.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Kerry Cavanaugh
editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times
Gideon Brower
Independent Producer
Mary Marx
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Philip Chen
Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich
Rusty Selix
Mental Health Association in California
The full episode
2 of 3Will Medicating the Mentally Ill Increase Public Safety?- 0:00Round One of Bell Verdicts Is In
- 8:12Will Medicating the Mentally Ill Increase Public Safety?You’re reading this
- 24:38How the State of Washington Should Roll Out Legal Pot