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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
What is frustrating and scary is that people have literally no, zero, (0), understanding of mental illness. Alcoholism is a mental illness just like schizophrenia? Very scary and very frustrating.
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What is frustrating and scary is that people have literally no, zero, (0) reading comprehension. Alcoholism is a mental illness, like schizophrenia, and both have been used in courts in different ways.
Some interesting links for those interested to see where being drunk was introduced as a defence and what our legal system did to adapt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Daviault
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...on-defence-of/