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Hilary Stace

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:51:08 +1200

Consenting adults – I doubt that. At least not in the sense we use informed consent these days. I've heard they were also used on young disabled people in some institutions. There was probably an unauthorised epilepsy drug trial on teenage residents of a girls home in the late 1960s.…

Russell Brown

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:18:56 +1200

Will do.

and even LSD.

Redmer Yska has covered that. It sounds like some programmes were with consenting subjects and well-run – and others may not have been:

By 1964, ‘acid tests’ in therapeutic settings were commonplace in New Zealand. Records show psychiatrists were administering ampoules of Delysid, provided free…

Hilary Stace

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:32:09 +1200

You could walk outside the building on Thursday at 1 pm to support the event highlighting the need for an inquiry into historical abuse which is part of the #neveragain campaign. There is also a drug story there too. There are rumours that institutionalised people (including young people) became unwitting…

st ephen

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:09:43 +1200

There's an App for that...

Russell Brown

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:02:40 +1200

And meanwhile, Sina Brown-Davis is on fire responding to Hone Harawira's grotesque call for capital punishment and Singapore-style beatings.

The men really have some fixing up to do.

Public Address

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:02:39 +1200

Discussion from blog post.