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California Overmedicates Prisoners with Psychotropic Drugs

California prison mental health care workers are practicing “defensive medicine” and overmedicating their patients with psychotropic medications. Fear of triggering a lawsuit or federal court order drives the practice, admits a former top prison official.

An Associated Press report found spending on psychotropic drugs in California prisons greatly exceeds that ...

 

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