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Supports mandatory holds and mandated detox

Mahan supports mandatory psychiatric holds and court-mandated treatment with oversight and checks and balances, arguing the bar for involuntary intervention has been set so high—requiring someone to state they want to kill themselves or others—that it is nearly impossible to hold someone even 72 hours, so requiring a few weeks of detox given today's addictive substances may be the most compassionate thing possible.

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Speaker

Matt Mahan

Evidence Quote

we totally threw the baby out with the bathwater and today... the bar has been set so high that we are unwilling to intervene in the thousands of cases where people ultimately die

Source

464 - The Politics Of Pragmatism And The Future Of CaliforniaMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 7/7/2026, 10:51:39 PM

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