Argument for the 5150 involuntary treatment laws.

Involuntary treatment Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense on November 18, 2001, states: "The United States of America represents something so important to the world - our free way of life. If you care about human beings, you have to care that the U.S. model, which benefits not just the people in our country but across the globe, succeeds. [. . .] Free people are free to be wise and unwise. That's part of what freedom is." (…

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