President, CCHR International
July 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mental health professionals suggest that the latest spate of mass killings require more psychiatric services and stronger involuntary commitment laws to prevent future violence. However, this would most likely increase acts of violence because psychiatric drugs are usually the first line of treatment and carry a risk of inducing suicide and hostility in a percent of those taking them. Taxpayer appropriations have been funneled into everything related to prevention except investigating psychotropic drug links to acts of violence. A financial audit of violence prevention mental health programs should be conducted to show accountability for results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the Columbine high school massacre in 1999 where two students\u2014the ringleader on an antidepressant\u2014killed 13 and injured 24, national violence prevention programs in schools have been implemented, with billions of dollars invested in this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another $1 billion of federal funds was recently allocated for community violence intervention (CVI), which includes mental health services.[1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Funding has been a bottomless pit without a commensurate decline in mass violence. The Safe Schools Act of 1994 had a goal that by the year 2000, every school in America would be free of violence.[2] The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) passed in 2015 allocated more federal funds for school-based violence prevention programs.[3]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet school shootings increased by 37% between the 1990s and 2013 and continued unabated.[4] This figure doesn\u2019t factor in acts of school violence that do not involve guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2000, there have been at least 27 acts of mass violence in schools committed by those taking or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs or having undergone unnamed mental health treatment, resulting in 33 deaths and 83 wounded. At least seven of the killings involved stabbings.[5] Something drove them to kill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 76 million Americans take psychotropic drugs, of which over 2.1 million are children and adolescents taking antidepressants despite a Food and Drug Administration suicide black box warning for teens and young adults. Between 1999 and 2014, there was a 64% increase in the percentage of people of all ages using antidepressants.[6]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Increased mental and\/or physical agitation has caused about 5% of subjects taking antidepressants to drop out of clinical trials. When that percentage is applied to the 41 million individuals in the U.S. taking antidepressants, it begs the question how many of that 2.05 million could potentially become so agitated that they would kill?[7]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The antidepressant market is a highly lucrative one that would be protected at any cost. The global market was estimated at $5.2 billion in 2019 and over $80 billion is spent in a year worldwide in psychiatric drug sales. The Central Nervous System drugs (including ADHD drugs) market is expected to reach $131 billion by 2025.[8]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psychiatrists, often backed by Big Pharma, misdirect policymakers by saying there is no \u201cscientific\u201d evidence of psychiatric drugs causing violence, even though violent behavior, including homicide are reported side effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMost people who commit these kinds of acts of severe violence are only prescribed medication because of their horrible thoughts, moods, and ideas,\u201d Dr. Gwen Adshead, a forensic psychotherapist stated.[9]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that\u2019s the point: having been prescribed the drugs, they acted on those thoughts and killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cViolence and other potentially criminal behavior caused by prescription drugs are medicine\u2019s best kept secret,\u201d international psychopharmacology expert Prof. David Healy says.[10]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What role such drugs may have had on San Antonio, Texas teen Rodolfo Aceves (19) who was arrested on June 27th, 2022, for planning a mass shooting at an Amazon Delivery Station where he worked in unknown. He has a history of mental health treatment and was institutionalized at age 16.[11]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robert Crimo III, 21, the July 4th Illinois parade shooter was reported to have experienced personality changes a few years ago when he and his girlfriend broke up. He started taking psychedelic drugs, seemingly illicitly.[12] While not confirmed which hallucinogens he took, as an example, psilocybin adverse effects include: Impaired judgment and feelings of detachment, psychosis, anxiety and panic attacks.[13] In April 2019, police went to the family home after receiving a report Crimo had tried to take his own life a week earlier. They were told mental health professionals were handling the matter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psychiatrists are currently trying to have psychedelics re-introduced as mainstream mental health treatment after being banned in the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Missing the Mark<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) has been collecting data on school-associated violent deaths since 1992, defined as a fatal injury (e.g., homicide, suicide, or legal intervention). Only violent deaths associated with U.S. elementary and secondary schools, both public and private, are included.[14] CDC uses the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System that monitors \u201chealth-risk behaviors of students.\u201d The high school survey, for example, is 21 pages of questions, none of which identify if the student is taking prescription psychotropic medications or abusing them\u2014missing the mark entirely on a potential source of violent and suicidal behavior.[15]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blaming the \u201cIllness,\u201d Not the Drug Until now, this seems only to have been done clandestinely in the 1970s under the CIA\u2019s MK-Ultra program when psychiatrists carried out experiments to search for a mind control drug that could be weaponized against enemies.[17] CCHR has copies of CIA documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act showing psychotropic drugs were tested to see if a subject could be chemically induced to assassinate.[18]<\/p>\n\n\n\n While not excusing the crime, today, courts recognize the \u201coverwhelming probable\u201d relationship between antidepressant and murder, \u201ctreatment-induced psychosis\u201d and, in one case a jury determined that the antidepressant paroxetine \u201ccan cause some people to become homicidal and\/or suicidal\u201d and that the drug was 80% responsible for a normally calm and caring father to kill his family.[19]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drug Withdrawal Creates Violence (Not Mental Illness)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another key point ignored is the debilitating withdrawal effects some people taking prescription psychotropic drugs can experience which are documented to include violent and suicidal behavior. Many of the studies on withdrawal effects are published in CCHR\u2019s report Psychiatric Drugs Create Violence & Suicide.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Psychiatrists obfuscate withdrawal effects by blaming the person\u2019s \u201cuntreated\u201d mental illness. By involuntarily committing prospective aggressive individuals and keeping people incarcerated for longer periods (usually on psychotropics) they argue the person can get the treatment he or she needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But close inspection shows that not to be true. Consider the history of Brandon Scott Hole, 19, who shot and killed eight people and injured seven others at a FedEx building, before committing suicide in April of 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana.[20] From age 10, he\u2019d received psychiatric treatment. In September 2011, his agitated behavior spurred his mother to take him to a center where he was given anxiety medication. A year later, after starting 5th grade, he was still aggressive and prescribed more of the same medication, with records showing only \u201cmild benefit.\u201d Yet another drug was added, and he also underwent behavioral therapy. In 2013, he spent a period in juvenile detention and put on probation for several months, then released. By 2020, he was suicidal. Medical records indicated that he suffered from six different disorders. The teen originated: \u201cI can get very, very angry. I have very little control over myself when that happens\u201d to which records say he will benefit from medication for psychiatric symptoms. On March 31, 2022, he meets a social worker for therapy. On April 15, he murdered eight innocent people described as an act of \u201csuicidal murder.\u201d[21] Hole had suicidal thoughts \u201calmost daily\u201d in the months prior to the attack and attempted suicide on \u201cmore than one occasion,\u201d according to an FBI special agent.[22] Clearly, the six different mental disorders he\u2019d been given during his short life were not effectively treated and the medication may have exacerbated his thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Psychiatric Association (APA) stresses, \u201cIt is important to note that the overwhelming majority of people with mental illness are not violent.\u201d[23] But as one online writer puts it: Psychiatrists argue that \u201cmental illness does not cause violence\u2026. Why, then, do we think that expanding access to mental health services will reduce mass violence?\u201d[24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n A man who allegedly attacked the Cuban Embassy, firing at it 32 times in April 2020, had been evaluated at a psychiatric hospital and prescribed an antipsychotic in March. Although he may not have been compliant in taking it daily, antipsychotic withdrawal effects include hostility. The drug remains in the system, potentially impacting upon mental faculties and emotional behavior.[25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n On July 3rd in Denmark, a suspected gunman, Noah Essenes, 22, said his antipsychotic drugs weren\u2019t working before a shooting spree in a Danish shopping center that left 3 dead and 27 injured. He was remanded into psychiatric \u201ccare\u201d\u2014which clearly had previously failed him\u2014and charged with murder and attempted murder.[26]<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Read, Ph.D.\u2019s article \u201cThe experiences of 585 people when they tried to withdraw from antipsychotic drugs,\u201d published in the June 2022 edition of Addictive Behaviors Reports reported that in an online survey of 585 antipsychotic users from 29 countries, who had tried to stop taking the drugs, 72% reported classical withdrawal effects, including anxiety and agitation; 52% of these categorized those effects as \u201csevere,\u201d 18% reported psychosis as a withdrawal effect and 23% took at least one year to successfully withdraw completely.[27]<\/p>\n\n\n\n When an antipsychotic, and thereby the dopamine neurotransmitter blockade, are removed, or reduced, \u201cthe brain is overwhelmed with dopamine\u2026. This can result in a withdrawal psychosis,\u201d Read said.[28]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Antidepressants also have serious withdrawal effects that can last years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2012, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Journal published a study about persistent withdrawal effects six weeks after cessation of taking SSRI antidepressants. Researchers reviewed self-reporting adverse events and found post-withdrawal symptoms \u201cmay last several months to years.\u201d Symptoms included disturbed mood, emotional liability, irritability, and poor stress tolerance.[29] From the 14 studies that provided usable data, researchers calculated that 56% of antidepressant users experienced withdrawal symptoms when they discontinued the drug. The duration of symptoms varied widely, but some patients reported problems lasting up to 79 weeks after stopping the antidepressant.[31] <\/p>\n\n\n\n Time magazine once listed the top 10 prescribed drugs linked to violence, of which eight were psychotropic drugs\u2014five which were antidepressants.[32]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finnish researchers published the findings in a 2015 study that determined benzodiazepines could increase the risk of a consumer committing a homicide by 45% and antidepressant by 31%. A study published in the European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology also found that \u201c\u2026benzodiazepines and [SSRI antidepressants] are the main pharmacological classes able to induce aggressive behavior.\u201d[33]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Funding Violence-Causation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It seems that in the U.S. with the spate of mass killings involving teens, and with massive funding of violence-prevention programs in schools is not decreasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Funding continues to be invested in programs without ever looking at the potential psychotropic drug link to violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the wake of Columbine, the School Emergency Response to Violence was Created, where \u201cProject SERV\u201d funds were used for a variety of activities, including mental health assessments, referrals, and services for victims and witnesses of violence. and more.[34]<\/p>\n\n\n\n In December 2012, the Attorney General\u2019s Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence developed \u201cProject Prevent\u201d to provide grants for mental health services. Laudably, counseling was to be provided to help students cope with the effects of violence. But also funded was conflict resolution programs and other school-based violence prevention strategies, which have also been implicated in some of the cases of mass violence in schools. [35]<\/p>\n\n\n\n As of 2019, 15 states require character development or social and emotional learning in schools.[36] Forced Treatment: The Wrong Way to Go<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As for increasing involuntary commitment laws to lock up and maintain individuals on psychiatric drugs, an estimated 54% of admissions to psychiatric facilities in the U.S. are involuntary.[38]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent United Nations Agency and World Health Organization reports condemn coercive-forced psychiatric treatment, especially because there is an overreliance on mental health drugs, as a February-April 2022 Annual Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, points out.[39] An Alaska Supreme Court decision in 2006 was pivotal in protecting patients from forced \u201cmedication,\u201d because of their risks. Represented by attorney Jim Gottstein Esq., Faith Myers challenged the constitutionality of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) to force her to take psychotropic drugs when she was involuntarily committed to the facility on February 3, 2003. The court found in her favor because of \u201cthe nature and potentially devastating impact of psychotropic medications\u2026.\u201d Further, \u201cPsychotropic drugs \u2018affect the mind, behavior, intellectual functions, perception, moods, and emotion\u2019 and are known to cause a number of potentially devastating side effects\u2026Courts have observed that \u2018the likelihood [that psychotropic drugs will cause] at least some temporary side effects appears to be undisputed.\u2019\u201d[41]<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHO said that countries must ensure that patients have \u201cthe right to refuse admission and treatment is also respected.\u201d[42] Importantly, \u201cPeople wishing to come off psychotropic drugs should also be actively supported to do so, and several recent resources have been developed to support people to achieve this.\u201d[43]<\/p>\n\n\n\n For good reason. No one should suddenly stop taking a psychotropic drug without medical approval and supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Acts of Violence During Withdrawal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Of nearly 410 drug regulatory agency psychiatric drug warnings, 17 were for addiction or withdrawal effects.[44]<\/p>\n\n\n\n A small example of cases of killers going through withdrawal includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2008: DeKalb, Illinois: 27-year-old Steven Kazmierczak shot and killed five people and wounded 21 others before killing himself in a Northern Illinois University auditorium. According to his girlfriend, he had recently been taking prescribed drugs Prozac (antidepressant), and anti-anxiety\/sedative-hypnotics, Xanax (alprazolam) and Ambien but had stopped taking Prozac three weeks before the shooting. Toxicology results showed that he still had trace amount of Xanax in his system.[45]<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 2006: North Vernon, Indiana: 16-year-old Travis Roberson stabbed a Jennings County High School student in the neck, nearly severing an artery. Roberson was in withdrawal from the antidepressant Wellbutrin, which he had stopped taking days before the attack.[46]<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 2006: Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 17-year-old William Barrett Foster took a shotgun to East Chapel Hill High School, where he took a teacher and a fellow student hostage. After being talked out of shooting the hostages, Foster fired two shots through a classroom window before fleeing the school on foot. Foster\u2019s father testified that his son had stopped taking his antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs without telling him (which can cause severe withdrawal effects).[47] <\/p>\n\n\n\n Acts of Violence Involving Antipsychotics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 2019 \u2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Dakota Theriot, 21, was accused of killing five people in Louisiana. The victims included his parents and three members of a family with whom he\u2019d been living for a short time. Investigators said he smoked weed and drank alcohol that mixed poorly with the antipsychotic drugs he\u2019d been prescribed.[48]<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 2018 \u2013 Westminster, Colorado: Jeremy Webster, 23, killed a 13-year-old and injured the boy\u2019s mother and brother in a road rage shooting. A man in another car was also shot. Webster had a psychiatric history and had changed medication that day. He had been prescribed an antidepressant and an antipsychotic.[49]<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 2014 \u2013 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: Iraq War veteran Bradley Stone, 35, killed his ex-wife, her mother, grandmother and sister, and the sister\u2019s husband and 14-year-old daughter and then committed suicide. According to the Medical Examiner, he had both the antidepressant trazodone and the antipsychotic risperidone in his system at the time of his death. Just one week prior to the murders, he had seen his Veterans Affairs psychiatrist, whose evaluation stated Stone had no suicidal or homicidal ideation.[50]<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 2014 \u2013 Tallahassee, Florida: Myron May, 31, entered a library where hundreds of students were studying, began shooting and, wounding three before he was shot and killed by police. He had checked himself into a psychiatric center about three months prior. Shortly after this, his friends discovered a new pill bottle among his prescriptions, the antipsychotic Seroquel (quetiapine).[51]<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 2014 \u2013 Seattle, Washington: 26-year-old Aaron Ybarra opened fire at Seattle Pacific University, killing one student and wounding two others. Ybarra planned to kill as many people as possible before killing himself. In 2012, he reported that he had been prescribed the antidepressant Prozac and antipsychotic Risperdal (risperidone). A report from his counselor in December of 2013 said that he was taking Prozac at the time and planned to continue to meet with his psychiatrist and therapist as needed. His lawyer said Ybarra had a long history of mental health issues for which he was taking Prozac at the time of the shooting.[52]<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 2013 \u2013 Chalk Mountain, Texas: Eddie Ray Routh, 28, shot and killed Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL who was the subject of the movie, American Sniper, and Kyle\u2019s friend, Chad Littlefield, at a firing range. He had been prescribed the antipsychotic risperidone and the antidepressant, Zoloft, the latter not recommended for anyone aged younger than 25 because of the risk that it may cause suicide. Routh\u2019s father would later report that the cocktail of pharmaceuticals \u201cmade Eddie worse,\u201d adding, \u201cI ain\u2019t no doctor. I ain\u2019t no rocket scientist or nothing, but I could tell a difference in him.\u201d He had various hospitalizations over the next few years and was said to be \u201cparanoid and impulsively violent\u201d and was prescribed a cocktail of psychotropic drugs that included two powerful antipsychotics, Haldol and Seroquel and the antidepressant Paxil. He was also mixing prescription drugs known to cause aggressive and psychotic behavior with alcohol and marijuana.[53]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recommendation:<\/strong> A financial audit on all government funding of violence-prevention mental health\/behavioral programs should be conducted with outcome evaluation to show accountability for results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Psychiatric Drugs Create Violence & Suicide<\/a><\/em> is a compelling resource detailing more than 30 studies and over sixty cases of mass shootings and acts of violence committed by those taking or withdrawing from prescribed psychotropic drugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n References:<\/strong> [2] \u201cSchool Safety Policies and Programs Administered by the U.S. Federal Government: 1990\u20132016,\u201d A Report Prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress under an Interagency Agreement with the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n [3] Ibid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [4] Allison Paolini, \u201cSchool Shootings and Student Mental Health: Role of the School Counselor in Mitigating Violence,\u201d ACA (American Counseling Assoc.) Knowledge Center, Vistas, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n [5] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/school-shooters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [6] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psychiatric-drugs\/people-taking-psychiatric-drugs\/;<\/a> \u201cBy the numbers: Antidepressant use on the rise,\u201d American Psychological Assoc., Nov. 2017, citing Pratt L.A., Brody D.J., & Gu Q. Antidepressant use among persons aged 12 and over: United States, 2011\u201314. NCHS Data Brief, No. 283. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2017, https:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/2017\/11\/numbers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [7] Psychiatric Drugs Create Violence & Suicide, CCHR International, 2018, p. 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n [8] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2021\/11\/08\/psychiatrists-and-the-hallucinogenic-drug-industry-are-seeking-to-replace-failed-antidepressants\/;<\/a> \u201cA view into the central nervous system disorders market,\u201d Nature, 1 Sept. 2020, https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d43747-020-01119-8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [9] https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2019\/aug\/16\/whats-behind-dubious-claim-psychiatric-drugs-fuel-\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [10] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2020\/06\/01\/drug-induced-acts-of-senseless-violence-need-investigation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [11] Snejana Farberov, \u201cTexas teen arrested for plotting mass shooting at Amazon warehouse: cops,\u201d New York Post, 5 July 2022, https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/05\/texas-teen-accused-of-plotting-mass-shooting-at-amazon-warehouse\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [12] Safia Samee Ali, Natasha Korecki and Corky Siemaszko, \u201cHighland Park shooting suspect\u2019s past littered with \u2018red flags,\u201d NBC News, 5 July 2022, https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/highland-park-shooting-suspects-littered-red-flags-rcna36766<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [13] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2022\/01\/09\/cchr-warns-against-psychedelic-trips-potentially-planned-for-55m-americans\/;<\/a>https:\/\/drugabuse.com\/drugs\/hallucinogens\/psilocybin-mushrooms\/effects-use\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [14] Op. cit., \u201cSchool Safety Policies and Programs Administered by the U.S. Federal Government: 1990\u20132016\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [15] https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthyyouth\/data\/yrbs\/questionnaires.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [16] \u201cPsychotropic drugs and homicide: A prospective cohort study from Finland,\u201d World Psychiatry. June 2015, https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4471985\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [17] \u201cThe CIA\u2019s Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A \u2018Poisoner In Chief,\u2019\u201d NPR, 9 Sept. 2019, https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/09\/09\/758989641\/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [18] Project Artichoke Document, on file at CCHR<\/p>\n\n\n\n [19] Psychiatric Drugs Create Violence and Suicide, CCHR International, 2018, pp. 3-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n [20] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2021\/04\/20\/cchr-renews-calls-for-investigation-into-psychiatric-drug-induced-mass-killings\/;<\/a> \u201cSuspect in Indianapolis mass shooting was former FedEx employee, known to law enforcement,\u201d Fox 59 News, 17 Apr. 2021, https:\/\/fox59.com\/news\/indianapolis-fedex-shooting\/ap-officials-identify-suspect-in-mass-shooting-at-indianapolis-fedex-facility\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [21] Tony Cook and Johnny Magdaleno, \u201cTimeline: FedEx shooter had over a dozen mental health care, law enforcement encounters,\u201d Indianapolis Star; Yahoo! News, 16 Nov. 21, 2022, https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/timeline-fedex-shooter-had-over-155332886.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [22] \u201cIndianapolis FedEx Shooter Who Killed 4 Sikhs Was Not Racially Motivated, Police Say,\u201d NPR, 28 Jul. 2021, https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/28\/1021935687\/indianapolis-fedex-shooting-sikhs-not-racially-motivated-police-say<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [23] https:\/\/www.psychiatry.org\/news-room\/news-releases\/apa-statement-on-firearm-violence<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [24] Megan Wildhood, \u201cExpanded Mental Health Services Won\u2019t Stop Mass Shootings,\u201d Mad in America, 24 June 2022, https:\/\/www.madinamerica.com\/2022\/06\/mental-health-services-mass-shootings\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [25] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2020\/06\/01\/drug-induced-acts-of-senseless-violence-need-investigation\/;<\/a>https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220221184646\/http:\/\/cubamoneyproject.com\/2020\/05\/03\/shooter-trump\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [26] James Crip, \u201cPictured: \u2018Gunman\u2019 charged with killing three in Copenhagen shopping mall attack,\u201d Daily Telegraph (UK), 5 July 2022, https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2022\/07\/05\/pictured-gunman-charged-killing-three-copenhagen-shopping-mall\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [27] John Read, Ph.D., \u201cThe experiences of 585 people when they tried to withdraw from antipsychotic drugs,\u201d Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15 June 2022, https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9006667\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [28] Ibid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [29] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psychiatric-drugs\/side-effects-can-persist\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [30] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2020\/08\/25\/new-study-further-confirms-severe-withdrawal-effects-of-antidepressants\/<\/a>, citing: David Healy, M.D., Joanna Le Noury, Julie Wood, Children of the Cure: Missing Data, Lost Lives and Antidepressants, (Samizdat Health Writer\u2019s Co-operative Inc., 2020), pp. 43-44<\/p>\n\n\n\n [31] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2021\/04\/06\/antidepressant-withdrawal-warning-vital\/;<\/a> \u201cHow Hard is it to Stop Antidepressants?\u201d American Psychological Assoc., 1 Apr. 2020; https:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/2020\/04\/stop-antidepressants<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [32] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2021\/04\/06\/antidepressant-withdrawal-warning-vital\/<\/a>, citing: Maia Szalavitz, \u201cTop Ten Legal Drugs Linked to Violence,\u201d TIME Magazine, 7 Jan. 2011, https:\/\/healthland.time.com\/2011\/01\/07\/top-ten-legal-drugs-linked-to-violence\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [33] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2020\/06\/01\/drug-induced-acts-of-senseless-violence-need-investigation\/<\/a>, citing: David DiSalvo, \u201cCommon Painkillers And Sedatives Linked To Increased Risk Of Homicide, According To Study,\u201d Forbes, 4 June 2015, https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daviddisalvo\/2015\/06\/04\/common-pain-killers-and-sedatives-linked-to-increased-risk-of-homicide-according-to-study\/#1083a9581aef<\/a> and Nadege Rouve, Haleh Bagheri, et al., \u201cPrescribed drugs and violence: a case\/noncase study in the French PharmacoVigilance Database,\u201d European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 7 June, 2011, http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21655992<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [34] Op. cit., \u201cSchool Safety Policies and Programs Administered by the U.S. Federal Government: 1990\u20132016\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [35] Ibid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [36] https:\/\/www.childtrends.org\/blog\/state-laws-promoting-social-emotional-and-academic-development-leave-room-for-improvement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [37] https:\/\/www.vera.org\/community-violence-intervention-programs-explained<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [38] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2022\/06\/29\/us-could-learn-from-reform-of-coercive-mental-health-practices\/;<\/a> \u201cInvoluntary Commitments: Billing Patients for Forced Psychiatric Care,\u201d The American Journ. of Psychiatry, 1 Dec. 2020, https:\/\/ajp.psychiatryonline.org\/doi\/10.1176\/appi.ajp.2020.20030319<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [39] Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General, 49th session, Human Rights Council, \u201cSummary of the outcome of the consultation on ways to harmonize laws, policies and practices relating to mental health with the norms of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and on how to implement them,\u201d 28 Feb.\u20131 Apr. 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n [40] Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mental health and human rights, 24 July 2018, A\/HRC\/39\/36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [41] Faith Myers vs. Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Supreme Court, 2-11021, Superior Court No. 3AN-03-00277, Opinion, No. 6021, 30 June 2006, https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/ak-supreme-court\/1004032.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [42] \u201cGuidance on Community Mental Health Services: Promoting Person-Centered and Rights-Based Approaches,\u201d World Health Organization, 10 June 2021, p. 6, https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789240025707<\/a> (to download report)<\/p>\n\n\n\n [43] Ibid., p. 201<\/p>\n\n\n\n [44] Psychiatric Drugs Create Violence & Suicide, CCHR International, 2018, p. 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n [45] \u201cReport of the February 14, 2008 Shootings at Northern Illinois University,\u201d NIU, https:\/\/www.niu.edu\/forward\/_pdfs\/archives\/feb14report.pdf;<\/a> \u201cGirlfriend: Shooter was taking cocktail of 3 drugs,\u201d CNN, 20 Feb. 2008, http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/CRIME\/02\/20\/shooter.girlfriend\/index.html;<\/a> Dave Newbart, \u201cNIU shooter had trace amounts of drugs in system,\u201d The Chicago Sun-Times, 15 Mar. 2008, http:\/\/schoolshooters.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/15\/41\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [46] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/school-shooters\/;<\/a> \u201cAuthorities: Teen\u2019s Knife Attack At School Was Planned,\u201d The Indy Channel, December 5, 2006, https:\/\/ssristories.org\/teen-knife-attacks-fellow-student\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [47] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/school-shooters\/;<\/a> Meiling Arounnarath, \u201cForum to ponder school gun incidents, Fraser will discuss the situation nationally and locally,\u201d NewsObserver.com, posted November 28, 2006, http:\/\/ssristories.com\/show.php?item=1310;<\/a> Leah Friedman, \u201cPolice keep tabs on teen suspect,\u201d NewsObserver.com, February 24, 2007, http:\/\/sip-trunking.tmcnet.com\/news\/2007\/02\/24\/2367179.htm;<\/a> \u201cStudent Charged In April Hostage Incident At Chapel Hill School,\u201d WRAL.com, June 19, 2006, http:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/local\/story\/1055759\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [48] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psychiatric-drugs\/drug_warnings_on_violence\/recent-murdersmurder-suicides\/<\/a>, citing: Emma Kennedy, \u201cSheriff: Dakota Theriot case is \u2018extremely horrific example\u2019 of failed mental health system,\u201d The Advocate, 3 Feb. 2019, https:\/\/www.theadvocate.com\/baton_rouge\/news\/crime_police\/article_bef1127c-25c4-11e9-a111-8b4106437e1b.html;<\/a> Emma Kennedy, \u201cDakota Theriot, accused of killing five, faces the death penalty. Coronavirus may delay his trial,\u201d The Advocate, 8 July 2020, https:\/\/www.theadvocate.com\/baton_rouge\/news\/communities\/livingston_tangipahoa\/article_a6b433fe-c151-11ea-a3da-5f0c20c13ed4.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [49] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psychiatric-drugs\/drug_warnings_on_violence\/recent-murdersmurder-suicides\/<\/a> citing: Janet Oravets, \u201cJudge enters not guilty plea, sets trial date for Westminster road rage suspect,\u201d 9News.com, 7 Jan. 2019, https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/crime\/judge-enters-not-guilty-plea-sets-trial-date-for-westminster-road-rage-suspect\/73-fc8c9737-e6a7-4fd4-b80e-9ee7e8c458bc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [50] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psychiatric-drugs\/drug_warnings_on_violence\/recent-murdersmurder-suicides\/<\/a>, citing, Ralph Ellis, Susan Candiotti and Ashely Fantz, \u201cPolice in Pa. search for man suspected of killing ex-wife, 5 former in-laws,\u201d CNN, 15 Dec 2014, https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/12\/15\/us\/pennsylvania-shootings\/;<\/a> Jacqueline Klimas, \u201cBradley Stone cleared by Veterans Affairs doctor one week before murders, suicide,\u201d Washington Times, 17 Dec 2014, https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2014\/dec\/17\/bradley-stone-cleared-veterans-affairs-doctor-one-\/;<\/a> Dan Stamm and Vince Lattanzio, \u201cMontgomery County Spree Killer Bradley Stone Dies of Drug Overdose: ME,\u201d NBC 10 Philadelphia, 24 Dec 2014, https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/national-international\/bradley-stone-death-overdose-report\/159969\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [51] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/school-shooters\/<\/a> Michael Laforgia, \u201cFSU shooter\u2019s friends tried to get help for him months before the shooting,\u201d Miami Herald, 22 Nov 2014, http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/state\/florida\/article4064977.html;<\/a> Jordan Culver, et al., \u201cShooter identified as Florida State alum Myron May,\u201d Tallahassee Democrat, 21 Nov 2014, http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/local\/fsu-news\/2014\/11\/20\/shooter-identified-fsu-alum-myron-may\/70007494\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [52] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/school-shooters\/;<\/a> \u201cSeattle Pacific University shooting: Gunman says he \u201cwanted to kill many more,\u201d The Independent, 9 Jun 2014, http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/seattle-pacific-university-shooting-gunman-says-he-wanted-to-kill-many-more-9505394.html;<\/a> \u201cSuspect in Seattle Pacific killing had well-documented demons,\u201d The Seattle Times, 6 Jun 2014, https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/suspect-in-seattle-pacific-killing-had-well-documented-demons\/;<\/a> Steve Miletich, et al., \u201cReport: SPU suspect \u2018wanted to hurt himself and others\u2019 in 2010,\u201d The Seattle Times, 6 Jun 2014, https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/report-spu-suspect-wanted-to-hurt-himself-and-others-in-2010\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [53] https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psychiatric-drugs\/drug_warnings_on_violence\/recent-murdersmurder-suicides\/<\/a>, citing, Rick Jervis, \u201c\u2018American Sniper\u2019 killer found guilty in murders,\u201d USA Today, 24 Feb. 2015, https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2015\/02\/24\/american-sniper-murder-trial-verdict\/23896859;<\/a> Nicholas Schmidle, \u201cIn the Crosshairs,\u201d The New Yorker, 3 Jun. 2013, https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2013\/06\/03\/in-the-crosshairs;<\/a> Mike Spies, \u201cInside the Tortured Mind of Eddie Ray Routh, the Man Who Killed American Sniper Chris Kyle,\u201d Newsweek, 23 Nov. 2015, https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2016\/01\/08\/inside-tortured-mind-man-who-killed-american-sniper-chris-kyle-397299.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
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Many psychiatrists deflect legislators\u2019 attention away from iatrogenic drug-induced violence by arguing that no studies have been done on the association between the risk of committing homicide and the use of psychotropic drugs.[16] That\u2019s also the point. It\u2019s a safe bet that they won\u2019t because, how could a legitimate study be ethically approved to deliberately induce violent behavior using a prescription drug?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Healy and others wrote in Children of the Cure: Missing Data, Lost Lives and Antidepressants, an antidepressant manufacturer that recognized the withdrawal effect, held a meeting of \u201copinion leaders\u201d and invented the term \u201cantidepressant discontinuation syndrome\u201d to deflect from dependence problems.[30]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CVI programs employ \u201cviolence interrupters\u201d or \u201cneighborhood change agents\u201d who are skilled in intervention.[37]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Commissioner\u2019s 2018 report noted that \u201cforced medication, and other forced measures\u201d should be repealed. \u201cStates should reframe and recognize these practices as constituting torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.[40]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[1] https:\/\/bja.ojp.gov\/program\/community-violence-intervention\/overview;<\/a> \u201cAPA Statement on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,\u201d Psychiatric Times, 24 June 2022, https:\/\/www.psychiatry.org\/News-room\/News-Releases\/APA-Statement-on-the-Bipartisan-Safer-Communities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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