i am ashamed of san francisco, i am ashamed of this city. >> good morning, my name is spencer hudson.i am not a physician, but i have worked in the clinical department for nearly 30 years. i understand the importance of basing medical decisions on convincing data, and well-designed, and executed studies, not on anecdotes or supposition. last week, this committee heard a number of to my -- testimonials about people with mental illness who had been helped by conservatorship. we also heard about some people who may be helped by the new scheme of s.b. 1045. i do not, in any way, want to challenge or minimize anyone cheaply --'s deeply personal account of successful treatment and recovery. but the stories are just that, stories. while case histories are in important part of understanding mental illness and addiction, they are only hypothesis generating. they are not evidence. in fact, there is scant scientific or medical evidence that shows treatment of people with addictions have any long-term lasting clinical benefits for the patient. there is emerging evidence that forced treatment has