Because of such studies, two of the main organizations promoting forced psychiatric drugging have finally admitted in writing that there is reasonable evidence that neuroleptics can alter the structure of the brain. The American Psychiatric Association made the admission in an editorial. TAC claims brain changes may be good for us. Patients and the public should be warned, or else we're just guinea pigs. Of course, neuroleptics have a wide range of other side effects, too.
Neuroleptics can feel like torture for many people.
Proponents of force argue that the benefits outweigh such risks. Instead of holding hearings on forcing more of these chemicals into citizens, our political leaders should hold hearings to find out what the drug companies knew, and when they knew it. For instance, Lane County Mental Health in Oregon has officially refused to tell patients of these hazards, despite being given piles of medical studies as evidence. For the first 25 weeks these healthy monkeys were kept drug free and carefully observed. Then, for nearly a year, the monkeys were cruelly given Prolixin injections.