Report that Texas is overmedicating foster children deserves better response | Opinion
Whether Jack is staying in her lane is a matter for the courts, and may well be decided by the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals if state attorneys press the point.
The report noted that roughly 9,000 of the 50,000 children in foster care were taking psychotropic medication for 60 or more days in 2019. These are prescribed medications that often carry a variety of side effects. They’re antidepressants, anti-anxiety medication, antipsychotics and stimulants. They also found some drugs were improperly administered, sometimes not given at all while staff lagged in getting refills, and medication logs were lacking important entries.
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