Lawmaker Calls For Study On Links Between Pharmaceuticals And Mass Killers

Submitted by Barry Donegan via TheAntiMedia.org,

Following recent media reports of high-profile mass shootings, a Republican assemblywoman from Nevada is calling for an investigation into whether psychiatric pharmaceuticals commonly taken by mass murderers can cause side effects that may contribute to their mental health decline.

According to KSNV Las Vegas, GOP Assemblywoman Michele Fiore says that, rather than blaming mass shootings on the guns used by the perpetrators, studies should be done on the drugs that many of them have a history of having taken to treat mental health disorders.

We have to look into what is being prescribed and what is in these meds just like clinical studies. Why don’t we do studies on the medication all of these shooters were taking and take that medication off the market? Obviously, medications can alter your mind just as alcohol can alter the mind,” said Fiore.

Though it is not yet known whether the perpetrator in last week’s tragic shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon was on psychiatric medication, early reports from The Oregonian note that he identified himself by the social media screen name “lithium love, he mentioned anger and depression in a note that was found in connection with the attack, and he had a long history of behavioral problems in school.

He had also been discharged by the U.S. Army midway through basic training in 2008 and graduated from a school that The Oregonian described as geared for special education students with a range of issues from learning disabilities, health problems and autism or Asperger’s Disorder.

In August of this year, a CBS46 Atlanta Reality Check report by Ben Swann raised questions about the possibility of a connection between mass murderers and pharmaceutical drugs used to treat mental health disorders, noting that 26 high-profile perpetrators had been taking psychiatric medication.

Watch the Reality Check below.

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Anonymous
Anonymous

About time someone in public view started talking about this.

Be interesting to see how the Media and the Democrats, along with the pharmaceutical companies, keep the link covered up. Too many people seem to have too much at stake to let the cat out of the bag.

kokoda
kokoda

We can only hope this is pursued, but since I am completely jaded when it concerns politicians in our CONgress, I will bet that it goes south. However, I would gladly be a loser on the bet.

IndenturedServant

Apparently Fiore has no ambitions to further her political career. Good for her and good luck with her agenda!

Gator
Gator

yes, by all means, conduct an investigation to see if the pills that alter your brain chemistry and warn IN WRITING that they may cause suicidal and/or violent behavior do, in fact, cause suicidal and/or violent behavior. Maybe after we do that study, we can do another one to determine if water is wet.

Sarcasm aside, it is good that SOMEONE other than us fringe blog readers(no offense, Jim) are talking about it. I occasionally peruse leftist sites like Salon(the comment section there is truly appalling, its ahrd to believe there are that many people who are that disconnected from reality) And all they talk about everytime something like this happens: GUNS GUNS GUNS are to blame. Not one single mention of SSRIs or anything like that, ever. Even the ballbags who comment on there don’t mention it once. Its ALWAYS the gun’s fault.

Westcoaster
Westcoaster

Big breaking story…..on channel 46.
Problem is, Big Pharma is 100x bigger than the Gun manufacturer lobby. Who do you think wins?

ZombieDawg
ZombieDawg

On the subject of big pharma, check this out:

http://pharmadeathclock.com/

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