[lbo-talk] The epidemic of mental illness

[Carrol Cox]

The use of drugs in prisons is a huge topic by itself. I wonder if there 
is any material on that in other nations -- particularly the other major 
capitalist states -- EU, Jpan, Russia, China.

Carrol

On 6/16/2011 7:58 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Jun 16, 2011, at 7:37 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
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>> My mother was put on an antipsychotic drug almost fifty years ago. It's called Prolixin.
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> That's some heavy shit. I read an interview done with Gary Gilmore shortly before he was executed in which he described the experience of being shot up with that stuff in prison. One shot every two weeks immobilized him. He said he felt really agitated internally but couldn't move.
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> Doug
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