Didn’t Reagan do about the same thing on a national level during his reign..? He forced mental patients (I assume many having drug habits) into the emergency rooms and police stations, rather than allowing federal funds to maintain alternative treatment programs…

Would I be incorrect assuming the budget killers in Nevada were/ are Republicans … ‘saving money’ for the rich ..while neglecting the poor?

These mentally ill patients became homeless because mental health facilities treat them with medication and send them on their way... Without considering the fact that many of them will stop taking the medication without supervision or support...

This is just awful.

I know these decision makers well. To justify their actions, they often begin by saying, "God only helps those who help themselves."

The politics of economics over compassion
Punish poverty, reprimand the wretched, deny the desperate and dying ad called it civilisation

I'm guessing that was a false economy?