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ars on Nov 25, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: A solution for the "send email to relatives when I...

What's 5150? Is it this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_5150 ?

strlen on Nov 25, 2008 [–]

Yeah. If there is a reasonable suspicion that someone has attempted/wants to attempt to take their life, the police will take you in and do a 72-hour hold.

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