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FEDS ADMIT FAULT IN GIVING LSD TO INMATE
OTTAWA - The federal government and a former prison psychologist have
confessed to battery and negligence for giving LSD to a teenage inmate 40
years ago.�
The admission by the government and psychologist Mark Eveson in Ontario's
Superior Court of Justice is a victory for former prisoner Dorothy Proctor.�
LSD was administered to 23 prisoners as part of a 1961 study at the federal
Prison for Women in Kingston.� The prison is now closed.�
In 1998, Proctor sued the government and former officials of the Correctional
Service of Canada for giving her the drug, saying it has caused brain damage
and hallucinations.�
Proctor was 18 and serving a three-year robbery sentence when she received at
least one dose of the hallucinogen.�
The government says LSD was given to female prisoners with the aim of
"promoting the health of individuals," not for experimental reasons.�
However, the government concedes there is no record of Proctor having
consented to receive the drug.�
The lawsuit began a protracted court fight over the nature of the LSD tests
and the ethics of using prisoners in the drug program.�
On April 30, the government and Eveson admitted to assault and negligence,
declarations that were accepted by the court in May.�
Proctor is suing for $5 million, though the court has not yet addressed the
issue of damages.�
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