Organize a march against forced drug use

Carolina Gomez Mena

Newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, August 20, 2023 Page 14 31

Those who use psychoactive drugs can take approximately Fraction Ilse Gutiérrez, a member of Orgullo Loco México, said in an interview that she takes several pills a day. For ten years, she has been taking the powerful compound.

Lorena Berríos is a member of the board of directors of RedEsfera Latinoamericana and has been on medication for 12 years.At that time he sometimes ingested some thousand pieces per month.

Both are out of medical care today and are recovering little by little Compromising their health and being part of groups fighting for the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities. We are the voice of gays who have been imprisoned, drugged, and infantilizedLorraine says That day.

Activists stress it’s not people with the disease Subjective discomfort we don’t want them to support us but another thing to get excited about and institutionalized; now questionable by international standards.

to condemn compulsory medicationMembers of Orgullo Loco México and Red Esfera marched yesterday to protest discrimination and stigma and to demand a cultural and structural shift in the understanding of madness and mental health.

The walk starts at Ángel de la Independencia and goes to Estela de Luz, where they put up a banner that reads: The limit is my madness; I can’t be happy if I don’t know crazy and Scream, jump, laugh, cry, but don’t stopwait.

Ilse Gutiérrez explained to this newspaper that they opposed Involuntary medication as most of us are never asked if we really want to eat something like this.

he added We also object to drug treatments that do not have a clear goal and do not explain to us their short-, medium-, and long-term effects..

He emphasized that these, They cause hormonal and gastrointestinal disorders like gastritis and neurocolitis, as well as increased triglycerides, weight gain, greater susceptibility to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, all without reporting to us..

According to researcher Grecia Guzmán, psychiatric drugs Most of the time it happens over a very long period of time and the process of reduction is very difficult even if people want to, it is a violation of rights.

Lorena Barrios says Psychiatric medications do help when a person is in a moment of heightened symptoms, but it is the underlying problem that must be treated and these psychiatric medications do not address that.considered.