What is Causing the Violence?

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The following is a sample of school shooters known to have been taking psychiatric drugs.

May 21, 1998, Springfield, Oregon: 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his own parents and then proceeded to school where he opened fire on students in the cafeteria, killing two and wounding 22. Kinkel had been on Prozac and had undergone anger management classes.
April 16, 1999: Notus, Idaho: 15-year-old Shawn Cooper fired two shotgun rounds in his school narrowly missing students; he was taking a mix of antidepressants.
April 20, 1999, Columbine, Colorado: 18-year-old Eric Harris was on the antidepressant Luvox when he and his partner Dylan Klebold killed 12 classmates and a teacher before taking his own life in the bloodiest school massacre in history. The coroner confirmed that the antidepressant was in his system through toxicology reports. Dylan Klebolds autopsy was never made public.
May 20, 1999, Conyers, Georgia: 15-year-old T.J. Solomon was being treated with a mix of antidepressants when he opened fire on and wounded six of his classmates.
March 7, 2000, Williamsport, Pennsylvania: 14-year-old Elizabeth Bush was on the antidepressant Prozac when she blasted away at fellow students wounding one.
March 22, 2001, El Cajon, California: 18-year-old Jason Hoffman was on two antidepressants, Effexor and Celexa, when he opened fire at his high school, wounding five. Hoffman had also undergone an anger management program.

Psychiatrists Create Violence

Forcing widespread implementation of their diagnostic sham, psychiatrists have ensured that more and more children with no serious mental problem, even no problem at all, are being deceived into thinking that the best answer to schools many routine problems and childhood/teen challenges lie with the latest and greatest psychiatric drug.

Most psychiatric drugs havent been around long enough to determine even the short-term side effects, let alone long-term ones. We do know however that such drugs can create horrific physical and mental side effects including suicidal thoughts, hostility spasms, grimacing movements, manic reactions, seizures, and much more. Still, they are marketed for everything from compulsive shopping to lack of focus and discomfort in crowds. Children are particularly vulnerable because their brain circuitry and hormones are still developing.

In June 2003, the UK Government banned the use of an antidepressant, Seroxat (Paxil), on under 18-year-olds, citing suicidal tendencies caused by the drug. American and Canadian drug approval agencies also warned against Paxils use in children. Such drugs are also potentially addictive. Withdrawal from them can be far more difficult than from illegal drugs. In fact, perhaps our clearest evidence of the similarities between psychiatric and illegal drugs is the fact that addiction to these drugs now rivals illegal drug addiction as the No. 1 drug problem in many countries today.
David Healy, psychiatrist, director of the North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine and author of The Anti-Depressant Era, warns that antipsychotic drugs temporarily dim psychosis but, over the long run, make patients more biologically prone to it. A second paradoxical effect, one that emerged with the more potent neuroleptics, is a side effect called akathisia [a, without; kathisia, sitting; an inability to keep still]. This side effect has been linked to assaultive, violent behavior. A 1990 study determined that 50% of all fights in a psychiatric ward could be tied to akathisia. Patients described violent urges to assault anyone near.
A 1998 British report revealed that at least 5% of SSRI patients suffered commonly recognized side effects that include agitation, anxiety and nervousness. Around 5% of the reported side effects include aggression, hallucinations, malaise and depersonalization.
In 1995, nine Australian psychiatrists reported that patients had slashed themselves or become preoccupied with violence while taking SSRIs. I didnt want to die, I just felt like tearing my flesh to pieces, one patient told the psychiatrists.