(11-02-2022, 10:11 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: I watched the Seattle one a few years ago and just felt sad for the people who need mental health care but can't get it and are left on the streets to live like that. I'll have to watch the Vancouver one. 

The Seattle politics did piss me off. I do remember wanting to reach in my TV and slap those idiots. Two very serious issues - mental illness among the homeless and the politics - with no real solution for either.

Sounds like its been a while since you watched the Seattle one, but the producers spent some time at the end going to Providence, RI and studying what they did for the same problems. Incarceration and intervention, with lifelong medication to prevent falling back into addiction, was the solution for Providence. They claimed only a 7% recidivist rate once released from the facility, due to the medical follow ups and counseling. As someone who has experienced non-criminal addiction issues in the past, only 7% is really impressive.

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