What is the test for an inmate to be denied a prescription drug against his will?
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The following excerpt is from Hubbard v. Gipson, Case No. 1:14-cv-00042-AWI-JLT (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2014):
antipsychotic drugs against his will, if the inmate is dangerous to himself or others and the treatment is in the inmate's medical interest" as long as the decision to medicate against his will is neither arbitrary, nor erroneous, and comports with procedural due process. Washington v. Harper 494 U.S. 210, 227-29 (1990).
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