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In reply to the discussion: FSU shooter fit no profile. Successful lawyer, children's advocate. [View all]Wella
(1,827 posts)But I'll bite.
1. No matter whatever you think of the website, their facts are documented. I don't dismiss certain websites out of hand.
2. The reports of major school shooters on various psychiatric drugs has shown up in the mainstream media.
Kip Kinkle: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kinkel/kip/cron.html
Michael McDermott: http://www.boston.com/news/daily/18/office_shootings.htm
Ivan Lopez: https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=LJwpCKgLlN4
Seung Hui Cho: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/documents/vatechreport.pdf
Eric Harris: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9904/29/luvox.explainer/
And there are more.
Add to that the fact that many anti-depressants and drugs for bi-polar disorder--which have not been tested on teens but are being increasingly prescribed for them--cause homicidal or suicidal behavior.
You can defend the meds all you want. You can get on my case for using an incorrect term. But that does not stop what has been happening.
And yes, I believe there is a connection. I have watched what certain anti-depressants can do to nice people. Personal experience has shown me that a lovely person with depression can have completely uncharacteristic homicidal urges when given an anti-depressant. Yes, I have watched it happen.
The meds are crude instruments at best. When used, untested, on teenage boys, they can lead to homicide. There is a reason that so many of these shooters come from affluent homes: those are the ones that can afford the psychiatric care.