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Court Upholds North Dakota Prisoner's Forced Drugging

The plaintiff was involuntarily administered psychotropic medications,
after a hearing, based on his uncontrolled assaultive behavior and his
evident paranoia and its consequences. At 1054-55:

A competent adult has the right to refuse medical treatment. . . . Courts
have based this right on either a common-law right that every …

 

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