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-----Original Message----- From: Brad Mathews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 September 2002 18:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Involuntary psychiatric drugging bill in California needs your help to die! All, I usually don't post off-topic messages like this, and I apologize to anyone who did not want to receive this message, but this is a subject that I am passionate about and we need all the help we can get to make sure this bill does not get passed! Below is a lot information on the bill as well as how to contact the Governor's office. Please take a few minutes to call the governor, write a letter, send a fax or send an e-mail to the governor urging him to veto this bill. Even if you are not a Californian this affects you. Where California goes most other states follow, for good or ill. It is already way too easy to incarcerate someone. My mom told me a story a few years back about a 16 year old student at the private school she worked at - and the same school I do volunteer work for now - who was involuntarily incarcerated in a psych hospital. This was a very good student and very well regarded by the students and faculty at the school. She was on a shopping trip in San Francisco with her boyfriend. The police picked up the boyfriend for some minor offense. She did not agree with what the police were doing and she became very upset with them. So the police sent the boyfriend to jail and she was sent to the psych ward. Her mother was desperately trying to get her out, but she could not afford the lawyers needed to get her out. She was there for over a week. When she was finally released she related her story of being strapped down and given psychiatric drugs against her will. Not wanting psychiatric help is an officially recognized "mental disorder" which needs to be "cured" with drugs believe it or not! I have heard many stories like this, with far more tragic consequences, but this one was the closest to me and proved that this could happen to anyone. This new bill will greatly broaden the grounds for such involuntary incarceration and "treatment". Help us nuke this assault on our freedoms! Thanks, Brad Mathews Dear Friends, We need to TRIPLE our estimation of what needs to be done in getting personal communication to the Governor to VETO AB 1421. Writing and calling yourself are needed, but getting EVERYONE on your personal communication lines to ALSO fax and call are now needed also!! Here's the briefing on the bill: AB 1421, the forced psychiatric drugging bill, has passed the California State Legislature and gone to Governor Gray Davis. He has to actively VETO the bill, or it will become law as of September 30!!! Forced psychiatric treatment is the same tactic that is used now in China to destroy people who disagree with the government, and was used the same way in the Soviet Union. Don't think that this cannot happen to YOU! The bill would install a scheme in California where people labeled "mentally ill" can be handed over to an expensive, un-regulated "team" that runs their life--handles their money, forces them to take mind-altering psychiatric drugs, and can decide when to put them into a mental hospital. Since "mental illness" is a matter of opinion, not verifiable like physical illness, this puts EVERYONE'S freedom in jeopardy! NEEDED RIGHT AWAY!- Your letter is needed NOW to Governor Gray Davis to have him VETO AB 1421! Make it short, in your own words, and talk about a personal story of abuse, if you have one. GET OTHERS TO WRITE AND CALL ALSO!! The address is Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Building Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-445-2841 Fax: 916-445-4633 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggested topics: 1) It is well-known that nearly all the mass murderers in recent years have been on psychiatric drugs! These drugs turn troubled people into unpredictable killers who terrorize innocent children and citizens. I am personally concerned that this program will cause people to become violent, homicidal psychotics, as this is a known side-effect of these drugs. Will one of them be living next door to me? 2) AB 1421 is an expensive piece of legislation that burdens the State with an endless future financial commitment, because people turned over to outpatient involuntary treatment teams don't get well. They stay a financial burden for the rest of their lives. Outpatient involuntary treatment teams are expensive! 3) Mental health is full of costly fraud. According to the 2001 report of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, Office of the Inspector General, between 33% and 50% of billings for services in 1998 were incorrect, resulting in $185 million in added costs to the taxpayers. We can't afford this type of abuse. 4) With the huge budget deficit, California can't afford to start up a huge new program. This will cost millions! Counties that are slashing their health care programs can't afford to shift the funding to this expensive scheme! 5) I don't want my tax dollars used to fund forced psychiatric drugging! Love, Cassandra Auerbach AB 1421, the forced psychiatric drugging bill, has passed the California State Legislature and gone to Governor Gray Davis. He has to actively VETO the bill, or it will become law! The provisions of this law are extremely loose, and based on opinion and statements from others, which can easily be falsified and are not made under oath. For example, Joan has a fight with her boyfriend, Bob, after he roughs her up. She makes threatening remarks about Bob to her sister, who becomes concerned and takes Joan to the Community Mental Health Center for "help." Joan goes, but decides not to receive treatment. Then, Joan becomes sad about her relationship with Bob. Her sister becomes more concerned. Joan makes a remark that she feels her life is over now. If AB 1421 becomes law, the sister would now be within the law to petition the court to have Joan treated against her will! That Joan doesn't want treatment would be considered a symptom of her mental illness! She could actually be detained for 72 hours in a mental hospital just for refusing to be examined! While there, anything she said or did that staff didn't like could be used as an excuse to force-drug her or put her in restraints. Unless Joan has a really good lawyer, not a Public Defender, she will not prevail in court-98% or more of these hearings go exactly the way the psychiatrist wants. Don't let you and your family and friends be at risk of this forced "treatment"! --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 3273 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 3274
