I've just uncovered documentation showing that several of the children removed from their parents in Wenatchee (because of the so-called sex ring) are now being given drugs. One eight year old was placed on Zoloft, then began some self-mutilating behaviors, and was eventually placed on amitriptyline (Elavil). A 12 year old boy is on Zoloft, but after two months on the drug he began hearing voices telling him to kill himself. The drug Prozac is also mentioned, but I can't document that its actually being given to kids. And some kids are simply referred to as being placed on "meds." In one other case, the child is given dilatin.
I have also found documentation indicating that the counselor (licensed, with an MS), is helping foster parents shop for doctors. She recommends in one case that her patient be medicated with antidepressants, but tells the foster parent that child's usual doctor doesn't prescribe medicines in the way the counselor would like to see them prescribed. In another case, the doctor writes to CPS wondering why the child hasn't been in for a follow-up in the three months since the child has been put on medications, and CPS notes that the foster parent switches doctors.
Is this normal stuff?
Tom Grant tgrant@comtch.iea.com
Reporter, KREM-TV, PO Box 8037, Spokane,
WA 99202
Phone: 509-838-7373
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