Together, we can STOP THE MURPHY BILLS.

Representative Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania has been promoting some version of the ‘Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis’ Act for some years. His most recent version was released in June, and although somewhat toned down, it continues to push forced treatment, decreased privacy rights, diminished access to advocates and more.

Both threaten our movement in a multitude of ways including (but not limited to):

Expanding forced treatment in the form of Involuntary Outpatient Commitment (often referred to as ‘Assisted Outpatient Treatment’ or AOT)
Seeking to control and limit the ability of people working in peer roles
Seeking to reduce or eliminate funding for anything that is not considered ‘evidence based’ (a status that can be challenging to come by for anyone offering an alternative approach)
Seeking to exclude the voice of individuals for whom the mental health system has not worked effectively by using language that requires peer specialists and others speaking from personal experience to have been in ‘active treatment for the last two years,’ etc.

Learn more http://www.westernmassrlc.org/stop-the-murphy-bill

"In addition, from a marketing perspective, it may be necessary to capitalize on the fear of violence to get the law passed."

In other words, it may be necessary to deceptively exploit isolated incidents of violence to secure the legal authority to forcibly drug many people who had never exhibited any violence, on the sole rounds that they were refusing to take neurotoxic drugs that have devastating adverse effects, including irreversible brain damage.

Learn more https://www.madinamerica.com/2016/08/a-diluted-murphy-bill-clears-the-house-and-goes-to-the-senate/

They sure don't play nice.

This is very sad. I can see years worth of human rights progress being dumped down the drain. Giving more power to institutions which operate in the dark with no accountability will only lead to more violence IMO.