Some parents are incensed that doctors are willing to prescribe psychotropic drugs to their young children but not 10 days of penicillin.

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In November, defense attorney Ellis Johnston argued before a different federal judge that the side effects of the psychotropic drugs his client had been receiving during his court-ordered treatment may interfere with Loughner's ability to work with his attorneys.

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And now, after months of hesitation, France's prime minister, Lionel Jospin, in some respects a bit of a puritan, has decided to follow the advice of the latest ministerial commission looking into drugs: it says that alcohol, tobacco and psychotropic medicines should come under its remit too.

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