Patients say sedative known as booty juice injected against their will

Patients say sedative known as "booty juice" injected against their will

A growing number of children and teenagers admitted voluntarily to North Texas for-profit psychiatric hospitals told WFAA that they've been injected with powerful sedative drugs without their parents’ knowledge.

The young patients and their parents said staffers at several psychiatric hospitals describe the practice as injecting patients with "booty juice." They claimed the injections often were administered in response to even minor disciplinary reasons.

One 16-year-old patient told WFAA that she was injected in her buttock with “booty juice” because she demanded to see a doctor.

“They took me in my room and they were like, 'Bend down,'" said the patient, who declined to be identified. “…They put me on a chair and held my arms…(They) put it in my cheek.”

She's among dozens of voluntary private psychiatric patients who've told WFAA they've been held against their will after seeking treatment.

Dallas Attorney Ramez Shamieh said he’s familiar with the term "booty juice." That’s because he has filed lawsuits against psychiatric hospitals for illegally subduing children.

WFAA became aware of the term booty juice in its series “Against Their Will.” During the interviews, various children and teenagers admitted voluntarily to several psychiatric hospitals said they received or were threatened by hospital staffers with booty juice injections.

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