Why stop here? Why not force drugs (which is what all outpatient treatment orders are) on everyone who doesn't take their medicine as prescribed by their doctors? What about all the people who have strokes because they don't take their blood pressure pills? They are dangerous behind the wheel and a danger to themselves. And sheesh, look at all the folks who don't finish their course of antibiotics making them less effective for the next time and for all of us, clearly a danger to self and others. What's next, orders from the state on what diabetics can eat in their own homes????

At least the drugs hypertensives take and most antibioticsa are safe when taken as prescribed, unlike the majority of psychotropic medications which are killing people with psychiatric illness in this country at an alarmingly high rate.

Impact statement on LIS website estimates this bill would cost 25 million a year to implement at a minimum and would displace existing voluntary clients of public mental health services.