[samatman]

Indeed.

I don't have a better solution, but there has to be a better treatment for paranoid schizophrenia than kidnapping them, strapping them to a bed, transporting them in a windowless vehicle to a location they've never been, forcibly drugging them, and letting them wander around with other psychotics for a couple days.

[hedora]

The current solution in California is to fire them and strip them of health insurance, wait for them to go broke, then dump them on the streets to live with other psychotics, and worse.

A few days at the funny farm is far more humane than this, even if a sane person occasionally gets stuck in a 24 hour medical hold.

[cyberbanjo]

It's 72 hours and can be delayed if there are not enough doctors for you to be seen. YMMV thats FL, US