"Vacaville - American Headquarters for Medical Genocide" was a story published in the Black Panther newspaper in June 26, 1971 which detailed the medical and legal abuses that occurred at the Vacaville Medical Center which was a part of the California state prison system. This article brought to light the drug and dosage experiments being performed on Vacaville patients that often had disabling effects. The individuals held at Vacaville were placed there because they were considered discipline problems at other penal institutions. The article in the Black Panther newspaper argued that drug testing was used as a means of control against activists who protest the oppression they face both inside and outside incarcertation.