by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jun 12, 2024
Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls for government action to make prescribers and caregivers of the elderly aware of the wider range of serious risks to dementia patients from antipsychotic drugs and to curtail the wrongful use of the drugs. Citizens Commission...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jun 5, 2024
Committee’s recommendation to reject as therapy the psychedelic drug MDMA, also known as the “date rape” drug Ecstasy, comes after evidence from clinical trials was deemed insufficient to establish safety or effectiveness. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | May 30, 2024
It is not known how psychedelic drugs are supposed to work as mental health treatment. Psychedelics carry the risks of devastating immediate and long-term harms, putting human lives and sanity at risk. Drawing attention to the dangers of psychedelic drugs, the...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | May 22, 2024
Research has long indicated that antidepressant users are at risk of serious sexual problems that may persist indefinitely, even after stopping the drugs. Citizens Commission on Human Rights says FDA needs to act now. A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | May 7, 2024
Citizens Commission on Human Rights marches in protest, opens human rights exhibit, delivers open letter to American Psychiatric Association leadership demanding it adopt international human rights standards to end coercive psychiatric practices. Citizens Commission...
