Article first appeared in TruthinMedia:
Suboxone has a history of causing violent episodes in some users.
But there is much more. Back in 1989, 47-year-old Joseph T. Wesbecker, just a month after he began taking Prozac, shot 20 workers in Louisville, Ky., killing nine.
Prozac maker Eli Lilly later settled a lawsuit brought by survivors.
1999: 15-year old Oregon school shooter Kip Kinkel, who opened fire in his school cafeteria, had been on Prozac.
1999: Eric Harris, the Columbine killer, was taking Luvox.
1999: Conyers, Georgia school shooter T.J. Solomon was on Ritalin.
2005: Red Lake Indian Reservation shooter Jeff Weise was taking Prozac.
2007: Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui, who shot and killed 32 people, was on anti-depressants and taking Prozac.
2012: Colorado theater shooter James Holmes… was reportedly heavily hooked on the prescription painkiller Vicodin. And he took a cocktail of anti-depressants before his shooting spree.
2012: Conn. school shooter Adam Lanza’s uncle said the boy was prescribed Fanapt, a controversial anti-psychotic medicine.
And those are only a few examples. There have been no less than 26 cases of mass shootings in the U.S. where the shooter has been taking anti-depressant drugs.
Here are the side effects of these drugs:
Prozac: nervousness, anxiety, insomnia, inner restlessness, suicidal thoughts, self mutilation, manic behavior
Vicodin: confusion, fear, unusual thoughts or behavior; anxiety, dizziness, drowsiness; headache, mood changes.
Xanax: depressed mood, thoughts of suicide or hurting yourself, unusual risk-taking behavior, decreased inhibitions, no fear of danger; agitation, hostility, hallucinations.
What you need to know is that the use of anti-depressants in America has skyrocketed. Now, 1 in 10 Americans take them, four times as many as did in the 1990s.
2 comments:
This article is close but a little misinformed. The problem drugs are SSRIs that suppress serotonin uptake in the brain. Vidodin is a pain-killer and not an anti-depressant or a SSRI.
The areas wherein all these shootings took place were either "gun-free zones", or in states and/or localities wherein strict gun laws were/are in place.
All of the incidents you listed in your article pointed toward the excessive use of anti-depressants and other dangerous drugs ... Prozac, Ritalin, et al ... that should have NEVER been prescribed to children and adolescents ... or, to adults with serious adverse reactions.
Unfortunately, the big pharmaceutical companies are solely interested in making huge profits from the sale of these dangerous drugs ... not in the well being of those with minor to moderate behavioral problems who are prescribed these anti-depressants. Too many innocent people have become victims of these shooters who were under the influence of anti-depressants ... and no strict gun laws nor "gun-free zones" will change that tragic situation ... only the cessation of prescribing these drugs to children, teenagers, or adults with serious reactions will.
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