....Meanwhile, the papers are full of the struggle to understand why so many high-school shooters and why people kill their babies or turn on their parents or police or others. Lump in with these the unlucky judge who slapped a boy. The papers refuse to print the news that one thing the killers have in common is their use of the psychiatric drugs. The boys in Columbine were using the antidepressants SSRIs. That was no secret in 1999. Since then, many million-dollar lawsuits have been won against Eli Lilly, the maker of Prozac, by many people who had never been depressed before but who turned violent after taking the SSRIs for a few weeks, or after trying to get off them. This news is not printed in the mainstream media but is well-known, even though the legal settlements are secret. No longer do the papers say the shooter "had a history of mental illness." Many of us would assume that that would indict the drugs. They are very addictive. For one of the recent shooters, it was reported once that he was being tested for a split personality. As one too familiar with the mental health system, I am sure that he was being given psychiatric drugs as part of the testing....
Very valid points Louise. If more people were aware of the damaging effects of neuroleptic and psychotropic drugs, we could greatly reduce violence in our society. It is not just the street drugs that make our cities unsafe.
Keep up the good work!
Reverend Carly Swirtz
Midtown, Phillips
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