Friday, January 04, 2008

"Doctors are required to do this with each patient, although parents and children are not legally required to comply."

I was sent a link to a missive about the Massachusett's mandatory mental health screening.

It's a terrible idea since the current bureaucratic 'solution' is to drug the hell out of anyone who doesn't match some pre-determined model of 'Normal'.

I hope there will be lots of commentary about this horrible program but I hope that the important message - that no one is legally required to comply - will be the heard loud and clear. Unused programs are more likely to be discontinued.