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In reply to the discussion: The Violent Side! The Prescribed Drugs Zimmerman Took Before He Shot Trayvon [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)It seems to me that people have repeatedly gotten up in arms over something that hasn't been published, with the assumption that the information must not exist if it can't be seen on the Web.
The story presented in the OP for this thread says that Zimmerman was "on" two particular drugs, but that may mean only that he held prescriptions for them. People jump to the conclusions that A) he was under the influence of the drugs and that B) they affected his behavior. Either or both may be true, or not. Add another layer C) which would be whether or not the effects of either or both drugs have any legal weight. For example, was he in violation of the terms of his concealed-weapons permit? That would sink his defense like a rock.
This is why we have courts and orderly trials.