Bill would expand psychotropic drug prescribing authority without addressing Tennessee’s overmedication epidemic and rising teen suicide rates.
Dr. Jesse Roger Armstrong, 2023 graduate of University of Tennessee College of Medicine, is serving a lengthy federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to distribution of child sexual abuse material.
CCHR International says 2025 was a turning point as global rejection of coercive psychiatric practices grew. Leaders testified at the United Nations, protested with activists, opposed harmful protocols, documented widespread abuse and demanded an end to involuntary treatment worldwide.
The psychiatric industry has ensnared millions of children in dangerous polypharmacy, with nearly 1.5 million children prescribed two or more psychotropic medications simultaneously. Research shows rates reach 7 percent among adolescents and 41 percent among foster children. These drug combinations carry severe risks including metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cardiovascular problems, and increased suicide risk, yet psychiatrists continue prescribing them based on subjective diagnoses rather than medical evidence.
The psychiatric industry promises public safety through involuntary commitment and forced drugging, yet evidence shows these practices fail to protect communities while violating human rights. Psychiatric drugs often exacerbate violence rather than reducing it, and psychiatrists cannot accurately predict dangerousness.