From: "Haire, Gene" <ghaire@state.mt.us> 
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:46:35 -0700 
To: "Welfare Warriors" 
Subject: RE: forced drugging

TO: Pat Gowens, Editor, Mother Warriors Voice

With all due respect, I suggest that you get a little more objective information before you fire
off ill-advised e-mails at the urging of David Oaks / MindFreedom. It is very easy to throw
around such inflammatory phrases as "forced drugging" and such conclusions as "no doubt [the
patients who wrote you are] being illegally drugged". You have absolutely no idea what the
situations are for any individuals in Montana who may have contacted MindFreedom. You damage your
and your organization's credibility by assuming that what David Oaks tells you is true, and by
communicating with organizations such as ours - which has been a leader for 30 years in rational
advocacy for people with mental illnesses in Montana - in this manner.

Unless you are just interested in ranting and pandering to the self-appointed righteousness of
uninformed people like David Oaks, I suggest that you truly investigate specific situations that
lead to "involuntary commitment" of people with serious mental illness.

If you are interested an a more rational perspective (in my humble opinion) on this issue - a
perspective that is based on actual experiences of people with mental illnesses and their
families instead of David Oaks' hyperbole - I recommend that you take a look at the following
website http://www.psychlaws.org/.

Sincerely - Gene Haire


Gene Haire 
Executive Director 
Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors 
Governor's Office 
(406) 444-3955