Barbara Gates

My life’s work is getting kids to eat beans to save animals and the planet. Adding advocacy for SMI and homeless now. Love to sing. And snuggle w my pets.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@kevinvdahlgren Bless your heart. But…this person is likely self medicating for psychosis/schizophrenia (possibly drug induced) and will never be “ready”/capable of volunteering. My psychotic son died on the streets because he had the “right” to leave court ordered treatment.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@JanetHaysNOLA 100% true and shattering for the family. Maybe moms especially. My son was one of those lost souls who could not get the help he needed. May he rest in peace.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@JanetHaysNOLA @MWollenweber @FixNOLA @NOPDNews I’ve seen the headlines - many times, of someone w SMI in crisis being killed by police. And there are those in the SMI groups whose children have been harmed or killed. Definitely best to have a psychological emergency response team (PERT), but they are few.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@sczaction Thank you for all you do.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the 100 Worst Things About the Trump Presidency, in no particular order. Please share and add anything I missed. 🧵

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@JanetHaysNOLA My son is gone too. Cannabis Induced Psychosis (CIP). My world is shattered. I had no idea.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@tcpasquini @healthcaredive This is long overdue- as most progress is. Good news!!

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@SusanEggman I appreciate your work for SMI Senator Eggman SO much!! (ML Thompson’s daughter)

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@tcpasquini Done!!

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@war24182236 started w high potency marijuana my son started smoking in college - 900% more concentrated now - and that much more addictive. We need laws against high potency marijuana and aHUGE public heath campaign. My son was one semester away from graduating college w honors.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@war24182236 This was my son. May he RIP. We tried everything. He tried everything. The drugs are SO addictive and these poor souls need at the very least a year of INvoluntary treatment - parents do not have that authority - which they SHOULD. It shattered our family. And the addiction…

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@CorcoranAnn TRAGIC. Nicks story is our family’s story. Our Jack is gone. There must be a national public health campaign to warn families about the dangers of today’s commercialized high potency THC marijuana- it’s up to 1000x more potent than natural marijuana and it causes psychosis

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@JanetHaysNOLA In the same way cities have requirements for affordable housing, every city needs to have small and multiple developed, accessible “camp sites” - places for compassionate shelter from elements, with sanitation - and where service providers can connect.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@Twolfrecovery Thank you so much, for all the bereaved mothers, like me.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@GavinNewsom Thank you from my heart. It is too late for my son Jack, but it is hope for families like mine.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

HOPE. Thanks Jack. RIP

[Teresa Pasquini @tcpasquini]

Prop 1 would not have happened without the bold, brave, courageous leadership of @namicalifornia. Thank you from the bottom of my broken heart which is now filled with hope for change that matters. #FamiliesLikeMine are ready to shatter the silence, the shame and the status quo.

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@tcpasquini @namicalifornia HOPE

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@sczaction I wish we could change the name of diagnosis altogether. The word schizophrenia sounds scary and overwhelming, and carries so much stigma. Maybe… “Alternate Reality Syndrome”

[Barbara Gates @SoCalQueenBeaN]

@NSSCoalition Fantastic blog - thank you for all you do Darrell!!

[Linda L. Mimms, MA Public Policy Duke University @LindaLMimms]

Alison Monroe gives a brilliant rundown of why everyone should #VoteforProp1 to help our sickest get the lifesaving healthcare they need and deserve to live their best lives in #recovery.

https://t.co/Kq8UnNqHKj