Psychotropic Drugs and their role in violent behavior

[allingeneral]

Manasquan, NJ --(Ammoland.com)- Nearly every mass shooting incident in the last twenty years, and multiple other instances of suicide and isolated shootings all share one thing in common, and its not the weapons used.

The overwhelming evidence points to the signal largest common factor in all of these incidents is the fact that all of the perpetrators were either actively taking powerful psychotropic drugs or had been at some point in the immediate past before they committed their crimes.

Multiple credible scientific studies going back more then a decade, as well as internal documents from certain pharmaceutical companies that suppressed the information show that SSRI drugs ( Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors ) have well known, but unreported side effects, including but not limited to suicide and other violent behavior. One need only Google relevant key words or phrases to see for themselves. www.ssristories.com is one popular site that has documented over 4500 “ Mainstream Media “ reported cases from around the World of aberrant or violent behavior by those taking these powerful drugs.

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[TallEd]

I think all of these nut jobs already had issues and that is why they were taking the drugs to begin with. Of course we live in a society where the individual can't be responsible for their own actions anymore... we have to blame something... might as well be drugs.

[thekinetic]

I don't personally think it's the drugs to blame, they were taking them for a reason. They either stopped or the drugs failed which happens often. Then there's the fact that some people are just freaking psychotic!

Doctors don't understand the brain enough in my opinion to prescribe these drugs that affect it. I took antidepressants for my OCD and they only made it worse so I stopped and have been the better for it. But that is the doctors cure is throw pills at everything and hope for the best, most of the time at things that would either solve themselves or could be solved with a little therapy and willpower.

[allingeneral]

I know someone who took Wellbutrin to help them quit smoking - and it helped - but it also made them very angry...like road rage on the way to work and back every day.. ANGRY. Then, after stopping taking the drug, even ANGRIER. It seems to have trailed off since not taking the drug for a couple of months. I'm glad for this person not smoking any longer, but detailed discussions with them about the anger issue that was clearly associated with taking the drug was a bit scary.

[tinner666]

Well, it's not politically correct, but the issue might boil down to removing the stigma of suicide. It's held in such contempt, that many reach that point and can't do it. So, they decide on copicide.
A regular standoff doesn't often resut in copicide, so the next best thing is doing something heinous that will bring lots of angry cops. A possible example happened yesterday. A guy drove down I-85 and ran headon into a car killing himself and four others.
I think if you want to off yourself, go on and do it. Don't invlove me or others in it. Just do it and be done. No need to blow up a mall, kill a family, or kill people walking down a sidewalk, or going into a school.
Flame all you want, but it's apart of the mental thing nobody wants to mention. Ask a LEO to tell you about it. (Off the record, of course).

This morning, four more were killed the same way on I-95. Nine daed and no call for banning vehicles? Rationing fuel to 20 gals. a month and a BC every time you buy fuel?

[thekinetic]

I think people have every right to off themselves. I've been there too, it's a very dark place and cold. Only I was ready to die by my hand, the only thing that stopped me was my ironic choice of blade given to me on my birthday by a very dear friend. If it weren't for it snapping me out of it I would now be dead.

Yes there is a stigma to it but it's a very strange place at the end of your rope, not caring whether you live or die, it's almost surreal. While it's hard to come back from doing so puts the whole world in perspective. Since my ordeal I have never been so kind, so generous, and so religious; I realized that pain is a part of life and that all the grief and sorrow just doesn't matter. Forgiveness and love has become my inner peace.

[lonestarag]

Problem is that 30+ million Americans are on SSRIs. And another 100 million on other antianxiety meds (Ambien, Lunesta, Xanax, etc.)

Linking these to background checks is probably a no go because you block 1/3 of the country. But maybe a maybe a way to do targeting on these folks & have a doctor weigh in or something?