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 ===9. Government and Mental Health===
-[PENDING-ASSIGNED]
+[FINAL - APPROVED]
-We oppose the involuntary commitment of any person to or involuntary treatment in a mental institution.
+We oppose the involuntary treatment or commitment of any person for mental health concerns as well as government pressure requiring parents to obtain counseling or psychiatric drugs for their children. We advocate an end to the spending of tax money for any program of psychiatric, psychological, behavioral research, or treatment.
-We strongly condemn Involuntary Outpatient Commitment (IOC), where the patient is ordered to accept treatment, or else be committed to a mental institution and forcibly treated.
-We oppose government pressure requiring parents to obtain counseling or psychiatric drugs for their children. We also oppose forced treatment for the elderly, the head-injured, or those with diminished capacity.
-Medication must be voluntary. We are against the invasion of people's homes and privacy by health officials or law enforcement to either require or deny drug taking.
-We advocate an end to the spending of tax money for any program of psychiatric, psychological, or behavioral research or treatment.
-We favor an end to the acceptance of criminal defenses based on "insanity" or "diminished capacity" which absolve the guilty of their responsibility.
 ===10. Freedom of Communications===