Lisa Berzins, Ph.D.
Posted on 07/13/2005 8:36:49 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. -— A psychologist who has spoken out on eating disorders and other issues was arrested after she collapsed in a supermarket, allegedly after inhaling propellant from whipped cream cans.
Lisa G. Berzins, who has been interviewed on television and in newspapers and successfully lobbied for a state law regulating claims by weight loss businesses, was arrested on a warrant Friday charging her in the May 29 incident.
Berzins, 49, has written and lectured on eating disorders, female development, sex roles and self-esteem, according a speaker's biography from the American Psychological Association. She has visited schools in a "fat suit'' to bring a message to young people about the fear of being overweight.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, West Hartford police were called to the Farmington Avenue Stop & Shop and found Berzins lying on the floor and bleeding from her head. Berzins, the affidavit says, told police she did not know what happened.
Investigators concluded that Berzins inhaled from three cans of whipped cream containing nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas, the affidavit said.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
She was doing Whip-Its? She doesn't look 16.
Good lord. At least buy the whipped cream and do it at home instead of putting your mouth on it and leaving it on the shelf.
Whip it good!
Awww she's a cream puff.
Is inhaling from whipped-cream cans illegal? Or is it only illegal to pass out in a public supermarket?
Too funny! And she claims overweight people have problems!
Research. Always doing research. It's a difficult business to keep atop of. Next week: Does marajuana make a tasty tea and still get you stoned...?
What restricted substance?
Shrink Snort,
What a Sport.
This is so funny.
In a country where interstate commerce can be deemed to included activities that involve neither interstate movement nor commerce, it's a piece of cake to charge someone with possession of a restricted substance that is openly for sale in the supermarket where she was arrested.
Lisa Berzins, Propellant High Dimwit.
wtf
This is just toooooo weird.
Tell me again about the wackos at Scientology.
From my experience, the people in the "Mental Health Industry" are the one who really need mental health help. They are all friggin nutty.
She has combined her eating disorder research along with her sex roles research. Lucky guy.
Very surprising. This woman was treating a relative of mine for a long time. I spoke with her several times by phone a few years ago and she came across as a sensible level-headed individual.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.