Hawaii has urgent mental health needs. Too many people wait too long for care, and some cannot get it at all. But Senate Bill 847 is the wrong answer. It asks patients, especially rural patients and those with complex needs, to accept a lower standard of medical safety. The bill would authorize a pilot allowing psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medications to adults, and it amends controlled-substance law to let them prescribe and dispense these powerful drugs. Psychotropic medications can be lifesaving. They can also be dangerous when mismanaged, and shortcuts are not the answer.
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