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[4 Dec 2008 | 2 Comments | 671 views]
ELECTROSHOCKING ELDERLY PEOPLE: ANOTHER PSYCHIATRIC ABUSE

“Electroshock is violence.” –

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[8 Oct 2008 | 5 Comments | 698 views]
Prescription Drug Use and Abuse

It was supposed to be a short course of treatment with tranquilizers after the death of her infant son 15 years ago. But Lynn Ray, 46, of Germantown, Md., says her abuse of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and other prescription drugs led to a long struggle with addiction that nearly ruined her life.
Tranquilizers, which slow down the central nervous system and cause drowsiness, numbed Ray’s agony, helped her sleep, and untied the relentless knot in her stomach. Soon, even if her doctor had prescribed one pill in an eight-hour period, …

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[14 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 343 views]
Prescription Drug Abuse

Angie overheard her parents talking about how her brother’s ADHD medicine was making him less hungry…