38 States Currently Authorize Involuntary Commitment for Substance Use
Briefly

Amid ongoing emergencies, including a would-be autocrat on his way to possibly regaining the American presidency and Israel's war on Gaza (not to mention the flare-ups of global climate change), the U.S. has slipped quietly toward an assault on civil liberties as an answer to plummeting mental health.
Disconnection and loneliness aren't just the maladies of a relatively few Americans, but the condition of the majority of us. Vast numbers of people are reaching for some tonic or other to manage difficult feelings, whether it's weed, wine, work, television, or any mood- or mind-altering substance.
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