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Ten Year Old on Two Drugs Dies After Hanging Himself

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Harry Hucknall, a ten-year-old boy, died after hanging himself with a belt from his bunk bed. His father blames the death on Ritalin and Prozac, two drugs that the boy had been prescribed by a psychiatrist to cure his boisterous behavior and low spirits.

At the time of his death, the child had more drugs in his body than the normal level for adults suffering from the same problems.

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