“It’s an evil drug.”
So says Dam Le, who as a boy was prescribed Johnson & Johnson's blockbuster drug Risperdal while in the custody of the Maryland foster care system.
Dam Le is talking about his experiences with that system. His speech is rapid-fire and at times hard to follow. He recalls he had a difficult time adjusting after he was placed in foster care at the age of fourteen. "My life was messed up," he says. "I didn't want to be there. It was too hard to adjust."