Guest column: Florida lags in treating mentally ill humanely - Opinion - The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville, FL | Meditation Practices | Scoop.it
A recent Florida House bill appropriates around $400 million to enhance school safety.Another $69 million is allocated for mental health intervention in Florida schools.Sounds great, doesn't it?So, if everything now planned had been in place and Nikolas Cruz had been identified as mentally unbalanced, where would they have put him?The problem is we are still faced with the same relentless human tragedy: Florida's ranking of 50th of 50 states in support of mental health.Here are some of the