In September 2009 a Winnipeg, Canada 16-year-old boy stabbed a friend to death. The teen, who had no criminal record, had been prescribed Prozac three months prior to the slaying.<\/p>\n
The teen’s parents complained he was getting worse while taking the drug, only to have his doctor increase the dosage. He went from a loving, happy-go-lucky kid to a dark, depressed drug abuser. He began to act out violently and even tried to harm himself on several occasions.<\/p>\n
Provincial court Judge Robert Heinrichs cited the teen’s use of Prozac at the time of the slaying as a major factor. In a ruling <\/a>given November 4, 2011 he said, “His basic normalcy now further confirms he no longer poses a risk of violence to anyone and that his mental deterioration and resulting violence would not have taken place without exposure to Prozac. …(Prozac) clearly affected his behaviour in an alarming way. He was simply not the same person.”<\/p>\n Violence and suicide are but two of the horrific side effects <\/a>of Prozac and similar psychiatric drugs.<\/p>\n Watch the documentary Dead Wrong – How psychiatric drugs can kill your child<\/a><\/em> featuring mothers who work alongside CCHR to expose the lethal risks of prescribing psychiatric drugs to kids.<\/p>\n Watch a short 5-minute introduction to the documentary here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Do psychiatric drugs actually help in any way? Find out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In September 2009 a Winnipeg, Canada 16-year-old boy stabbed a friend to death. The teen, who had no criminal record, had been prescribed Prozac three months prior to the slaying. The teen’s parents complained he was getting worse while taking … Continue reading