Washington Post - Careless Detention Part 4

I know this is a little late, but please take the time to read Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation - Immigrants Sedated Without Medical Reason, the fourth and last of the Washington Post series titled Careless Detention.

Involuntary chemical restraint of detainees, unless there is a medical justification, is a violation of some international human rights codes. The practice is banned by several countries where, confidential documents make clear, U.S. escorts have been unable to inject deportees with extra doses of drugs during layovers en route to faraway places.

Not only is the U.S. government carrying out a policy its own Health and Human Services lawyers think "is not supported by any legal authority and raises ethical issues, " but it is also administering doses that are incredibly high.

Haldol recommended daily doses: For aggressive behavior, 0.5 milligrams twice a day to 5 milligrams three times a day, although doses of up to 10 milligrams a day may be used in a hospital emergency room.

Number of detainees who were given a total of . . .

It is also important to remember that many of these sedated deportees have petitioned for asylum and are being deported to countries where they will face prison, torture and death.