Movies

The US prison industrial complex is a horror and the mental health system is tragic, practically defunct or barely adequate except for high end private care perhaps. I know a friend's relative in Fla. who was "bakered" as a teen there in school in the 1970s for having 3 MJ seeds in her bag. She was confined for observation in a psych unit with seriously disturbed patients for 72 hours before release, a frightening and unnecessary experience that remains.

In the film the children of the three families profiled were in Ca., Wa. (Seattle) and Colorado, and the state and area make a substantial difference in options. The film also includes some of the tragic story of Va. politician Creigh Deeds (D). In 2013 his teen son became aggressive and violent; Deeds tried but could not find an available bed in the state for his safety and treatment. Deeds son ended up stabbing him, and then taking his own life.