I know, I know... I agree with you actually. I am not even sure how you would enforce mandatory medication, though according to the newspaper there are states that have such laws....
Dana On 8/26/05, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There doesn't need to be any rhyme or reason as to why he chose those > victims. With paranoid schizophrenia, anyone can be a target. Remember > my ex, who thought he "just had to kill someone - that night watchman > would be good." He had the notion that it was riduculous to pay > someone to watch a burnt out building. His sense of justice told him > that that guy should die, rather than receive his paycheck. It's not > exactly logical thinking, ya know? > > And, short of mandatory medication, I'm not sure there's much that can > be done. And, I'm not even sure how mandatory medication would work, > since most drugs for psychosis need to be administered daily. You'd > either be talking about in-patient treatment (unnecessary whilst > medicated) or incarceration (ya right - for what - being capable of > murder?). > > On 8/25/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The local news here has been full of a killing spree last week in > > which a man with paranoid schizophrenia went off his medication. The > > hospital that was treating him tried several times to get him picked > > up and finally managed to get this scheduled by someone calling a > > friend who called a friend. The two police officers who were > > dispatched were shot. It later develops that as the hospital was > > trying to get him picked up, this man shot two employees of a > > motorcycle repair shop and, bizarrely, a department of transportation > > worker sitting in his car on the opposite side of town. There is no > > doubt that the killings are linked - the weapon in all five murders > > was a 1918 Wembley revolver, quite rare apparently. > > > > What nobody can figure out is why. The man did drive a motorcycle so > > there was perhaps some dispute with the shop. The Department of > > Transportation worker makes no sense at all. > > > > More importantly, what could have prevented this, short of mandatory > > medication.... > > > > Dana > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171216 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
