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[sSRI-Research] Juveniles Given Prozac Without Parental Permission -

Found Hanging in Room

 

(Prozac - the 'safe' antidepressant... You all know that the wife of

Eli Lilly's CEO committed suicide on Prozac... if was safe enough for

her - it's safe enough for you! )

 

 

Juveniles Given Prozac Without Parental Permission - Found Hanging in

Room

 

Every youth correction center in the nation should be probed...

 

http://www.thekcrachannel.com/news/2878886/detail.html

 

 

Prozac Found In System Of CYA Teen Found Dead

State Senator Threatened During Prison System Investigation

POSTED: 5:22 pm PST February 26, 2004

UPDATED: 8:32 am PST February 27, 2004

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- An autopsy report on two teens who committed

suicide

in a California Youth Authority facility showed something that came

as a big

surprise to one of teen's parents.

 

Deon Whitfield, 18, and former Stockton resident Durrell Feaster, 17,

were

found hanged inside a Preston youth facility dorm room in mid-

January.

Officials believe the acts were suicides. The autopsy report shows

that at

the time Feaster died, he had significant amounts of Prozac in his

system.

Feaster's mother, Gloria Feaster, said neither she nor her husband

ever gave

the California Youth Authority permission to administer such a drug.

California Youth Authority officials did not comment specifically

about the

case Thursday, but they did explain their psychotropic drug policy

for

minors. The CYA says it always sends out a consent form to parents.

If the

parents don't respond within 21 days, a parole agent visits their

home to

try and gain consent. If that proves unsuccessful, the CYA can and

does ask

a judge to grant permission to administer drugs -- like Prozac --

without

the parents ever being notified.

It is a policy that is again in the crosshairs of outspoken CYA

critic,

state Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles.

" That is a very serious drug, with no notification to parents. That

concerns

me. If CYA is doing that, those policies need to be reexamined and

stopped.

There are parental rights, " Romero said.

State Senator Threatened

Romero also announced Thursday that she was the victim of a death

threat

during the middle of her investigation into the California prison

system. On

Feb. 13, a letter addressed to Romero and containing white powder was

sent

to a correctional training facility next to the Salinas Valley State

Prison,

according to officials. They say the letter contained threatening

language

like, " getting killed over some inmates isn't smart. "

 

The California Highway Patrol and the FBI are investigating the

possibility

that the letter was sent by a state employee, possibly a prison guard.

Romero released a statement Thursday, saying she remains steadfast in

her

effort to clean up California's corrections system.

" I want to make it very clear: I will not be intimidated by

threatening

messages and acts of cowardice, " Romero said in the statement. " It is

a

shameful day in California when a Senator and her family are

threatened with

death for doing the work of the people who elected me to serve them.

I do

not intend to keep looking over my shoulder or conduct my work in

fear. I

will not succumb to any threats or stop my prison visits. "

The FBI has tested the white powder and determined it is not

dangerous or

toxic.

 

Previous Stories:

.. February 25, 2004: Toxicology Reports Released In CYA Deaths

.. February 19, 2004: Parents, Lawmakers Question Youth Authority's

Future

.. February 6, 2004: Top CYA Officials Vow Sweeping Changes

.. February 3, 2004: Reports Call State's Youth Authority 'Barbaric'

.. January 29, 2004: Report Critical Of California Youth Authority

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