TOMORROW, AUG 4, 2004, CALIFORNIA'S SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

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> [drugawareness] TOMORROW, AUG 4, 2004,

> CALIFORNIA'S SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN

> SERVICES

>

> Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 4, 2004, California's

> Senate Committee on Health

> and Human Services will hold a joint informational

> hearing with the California

> Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness. The

> subject will be

> " Antidepressants and Suicide " and we urge anyone in

> California who can attend to do so.

>

> It will be held at the state capitol building in

> Sacramento in room 4203 from

> 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM. The agenda will be as follows:

>

> Welcome statement and introduction of members

> by Senator Deborah

> Ortiz, Chair, Health and Human Services Committee,

> and Senator Tom Torlakson,

> Chair, California Task Force on Youth and Workplace

> Wellness

>

> I. Panel 1: Research Perspective

>

> II. Panel 2: Health Care Provider

> Perspective

>

> III. Panel 3: Legal Perspective

>

> IV. Response From Families and Consumers

>

> V. Public Comment

>

> VI. Closing Remarks

>

> Anyone damaged by these drugs is urged to

> attend and present

> information at this hearing. Certainly those parents

> who have lost children should

> attend if at all possible.

>

> We commend Senator Torlakson and others who

> have worked so hard to put

> this hearing together, now leading the way

> nationwide on this issue after the

> postponement last month of the US Congressional

> investigation into these

> medications.

>

>

> Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.,

> Executive Director, International Coalition For Drug

> Awareness

> Author: Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? - Our Serotonin

> Nightmare

> & audio tape on safe withdrawal: " Help! I Can't Get

> Off My Antidepressant! "

>

> Order Number: 800-280-0730

> Website: www.drugawareness.org

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