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Jeremy Loudenback

Jeremy Loudenback is a Los Angeles-based senior reporter for The Imprint. He was previously a reporter for the North County Times, where he covered foster youth, youth justice and other issues.

Jeremy's Latest Articles

Zombies No More: Former Foster Youth Reflect on Their Medicated Childhoods – and New Ways They Heal 
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April 22, 2025

Four former foster youth, now adults, talk about how psychiatric medications impacted their childhoods, and how they since have healed.

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Monitoring Psych Meds for California Foster Youth: ‘It’s the Job of All Who Are Involved’
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April 16, 2025

Prescribing to foster youth of psychiatric medications has fallen since judges were tasked with oversight. Still, says one, "constant vigilance" is needed.

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