The whole country is fully embroiled in the Gun Control debate, spurred by the grisly murder of 27 people, mostly kids, at the Sandy Hook Elementary school this month.
Guns might not be the problem, gun are allowed in many countries, Canada, Switzerland to name a few. They don’t see shooting like USA does. If gun ownership is the problem why are the numerous other countries not have the same issues? it is a culture of Americans, is the average American more stressed, what is causing this disproportional use of violence in USA vs other countries? Other countries watch the same movies and video games, but they don’t act out on them as often with violence.
New York Magazine wrote a piece about shooter Adam Lanza’s aspergers syndrome are Americans more likely to have mental disorders? Are the mentally challenged more likely to act violent?
It’s likely to be non-of the above, the problem is Americans dependency on prescription drugs for almost anything. The system that anyone can pretty much claim to have depression or any psychological problem and be prescribed “medicine”. We see how easy it is for Hollywood stars to have access to mountains of different prescription drugs.
Adam Lanza with aspergers syndrome could have been prescribed Fanapt, a controversial anti-psychotic medicine or another drug to try and “help” him.
In our drug culture of medicine to fix all, although we don’t yet know what Adam was on if anything, but we can look to the past for answers.
Click on the link to the left to read more about each incident:
What | Drug | Date | Where | Additional |
School Shooting | Prozac WITHDRAWAL | 2008-02-15 | Illinois | ** 6 Dead: 15 Wounded: Perpetrator Was in Withdrawal from Med & Acting Erratically |
School Shooting | Prozac Antidepressant | 2005-03-24 | Minnesota | **10 Dead: 7 Wounded: Dosage Increased One Week before Rampage |
School Shooting | Paxil [Seroxat] Antidepressant | 2001-03-10 | Pennsylvania | **14 Year Old GIRL Shoots & Wounds Classmate at Catholic School |
School Shooting | Zoloft Antidepressant & ADHD Med | 2011-07-11 | Alabama | **14 Year Old Kills Fellow Middle School Student |
School Shooting | Zoloft Antidepressant | 1995-10-12 | South Carolina | **15 Year Old Shoots Two Teachers, Killing One: Then Kills Himself |
School Shooting | Med For Depression | 2009-03-13 | Germany | **16 Dead Including Shooter: Antidepressant Use: Shooter in Treatment For Depression |
School Hostage Situation | Med For Depression | 2010-12-15 | France | **17 Year Old with Sword Holds 20 Children & Teacher Hostage |
School Shooting Plot | Med For Depression WITHDRAWAL | 2008-08-28 | Texas | **18 Year Old Plots a Columbine School Attack |
School Shooting | Anafranil Antidepressant | 1988-05-20 | Illinois | **29 Year Old WOMAN Kills One Child: Wounds Five: Kills Self |
School Shooting | Luvox/Zoloft Antidepressants | 1999-04-20 | Colorado | **COLUMBINE: 15 Dead: 24 Wounded |
School Stabbings | Antidepressants | 2001-06-09 | Japan | **Eight Dead: 15 Wounded: Assailant Had Taken 10 Times his Normal Dose of Depression Med |
School Shooting | Prozac Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL | 1998-05-21 | Oregon | **Four Dead: Twenty Injured |
School Stabbing | Med For Depression | 2011-10-25 | Washington | **Girl, 15, Stabs Two Girls in School Restroom: 1 Is In Critical Condition |
School Shooting | Antidepressant | 2006-09-30 | Colorado | **Man Assaults Girls: Kills One & Self |
School Machete Attack | Med for Depression | 2001-09-26 | Pennsylvania | **Man Attacks 11 Children & 3 Teachers at Elementary School |
School Shooting Related | Luvox | 1993-07-23 | Florida | **Man Commits Murder During Clinical Trial for Luvox: Same Drug as in COLUMBINE: Never Reported |
School Hostage Situation | Cymbalta Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL | 2009-11-09 | New York | **Man With Gun Inside School Holds Principal Hostage |
School Shooting | Antidepressants | 1992-09-20 | Texas | **Man, Angry Over Daughter’s Report Card, Shoots 14 Rounds inside Elementary School |
School Shooting | SSRI | 2010-02-19 | Finland | **On Sept. 23, 2008 a Finnish Student Shot & Killed 9 Students Before Killing Himself |
School Shooting Threat | Med for Depression* | 2004-10-19 | New Jersey | **Over-Medicated Teen Brings Loaded Handguns to School |
School Shooting | Antidepressant? | 2007-04-18 | Virginia | **Possible SSRI Use: 33 Dead at Virginia Tech |
School Shooting | Antidepressant? | 2002-01-17 | Virginia | **Possible SSRI Withdrawal Mania: 3 Dead at Law School |
School Incident/Bizarre | Zoloft* | 2010-08-22 | Australia | **School Counselor Exhibits Bizarre Behavior: Became Manic On Zoloft |
School/Assault | Antidepressant | 2009-11-04 | California | **School Custodian Assaults Student & Principal: Had Manic Reaction From Depression Med |
School Shooting | Prozac Antidepressant | 1992-01-30 | Michigan | **School Teacher Shoots & Kills His Superintendent at School |
School Shooting Threats | Celexa Antidepressant | 2010-01-25 | Virginia | **Senior in High School Theatens to Kill 4 Classmates: Facebook Involved: Bail Denied |
School Violence/Murder | Antidepressants* | 1998-05-04 | New York | **Sheriff’s Deputy Shoots his Wife in an Elementary School |
School Knifing/Murder | Meds For Depression & ADHD | 2010-04-28 | Massachusetts | **Sixteen Year Old Kills 15 Year Old in High School Bathroom in Sept. 2009 |
School Stabbing | Wellbutrin | 2006-12-04 | Indiana | **Stabbing by 17 Year Old At High School: Charged with Attempted Murder |
School Threat | Antidepressants | 2007-04-23 | Mississippi | **Student Arrested for Making School Threat Over Internet |
School Suspension | Lexapro Antidepressant | 2007-07-28 | Arkansas | **Student Has 11 Incidents with Police During his 16 Months on Lexapro |
School Shooting | Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL | 2007-11-07 | Finland | **Student Kills 8: Wounds 10: Kills Self: High School in Finland |
School Shooting | Paxil [Seroxat] Antidepressant | 2004-02-09 | New York | **Student Shoots Teacher in Leg at School |
School Threat | Prozac Antidepressant | 2008-01-25 | Washington | **Student Takes Loaded Shotgun & 3 Rifles to School Parking Lot: Plans Suicide |
School Shooting Plot | Med For Depression | 1998-12-01 | Wisconsin | **Teen Accused of Plotting to Gun Down Students at School |
School/Assault | Zoloft Antidepressant | 2006-02-15 | Tennessee | **Teen Attacks Teacher at School |
School Shooting Threat | Antidepressant | 1999-04-16 | Idaho | **Teen Fires Gun in School |
School Hostage Situation | Paxil & Effexor Antidepressants | 2001-04-15 | Washington | **Teen Holds Classmates Hostage with a Gun |
School Hostage Situation | Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL | 2006-11-28 | North Carolina | **Teen Holds Teacher & Student Hostage with Gun |
School Knife Attack | Med for Depression | 2006-12-06 | Indiana | **Teen Knife Attacks Fellow Student |
School Massacre Plot | Prozac Withdrawal | 2011-02-23 | Virginia | **Teen Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison For Columbine Style Plot |
School Shooting | Celexa & Effexor Antidepressants | 2001-04-19 | California | **Teen Shoots at Classmates in School |
School Shooting | Celexa Antidepressant | 2006-08-30 | North Carolina | **Teen Shoots at Two Students: Kills his Father: Celexa Found Among his Personal Effects |
School Shooting | Meds For Depression & ADHD | 2011-03-18 | South Carolina | **Teen Shoots School Official: Pipe Bombs Found in Backpack |
School Shooting Threat | Antidepressant | 2003-05-31 | Michigan | **Teen Threatens School Shooting: Charge is Terrorism |
School Stand-Off | Zoloft Antidepressant | 1998-04-13 | Idaho | **Teen [14 Years Old] in School Holds Police At Bay: Fires Shots |
School Shooting | Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL | 2007-10-12 | Ohio | **Teen [14 Years Old] School Shooter Possibly on Antidepressants or In Withdrawal |
School Threat | Antidepressants | 2008-03-20 | Indiana | **Teen [16 Years Old] Brings Gun to School: There Is a Lockdown |
School Suicide/Lockdown | Med For Depression | 2008-02-20 | Idaho | **Teen [16 Years Old] Kills Self at High School: Lockdown by Police |
School Threats | Prozac Antidepressant | 1999-10-19 | Florida | **Teen [16 Years Old] Threatens Classmates With Knife & Fake Explosives |
School Stabbing | Med For Depression | 2008-02-29 | Texas | **Teen [17 Year Old GIRL] Stabs Friend & Principal at High School |
School Hostage Situation | Prozac/ Paxil Antidepressants | 2001-01-18 | California | **Teen [17 Years Old] Takes Girl Hostage at School: He is Killed by Police |
School Knife Attack | Treatment For Depression & Strattera | 2009-03-10 | Belgium | **Three Dead in School Day Care: Two Children & a Caregiver: Happened Jan 23, 2009 |
School Shooting Plot | Antidepressants | 2009-09-22 | England | **Two English School Boys Plot to Blow Up High School |
School Arson Incidents | Paxil | 2002-04-12 | Michigan | **Unusual Personality Change on Paxil Caused 15 Year Old to Set Fires inside High School |
School Bomb Threat | Med For Depression | 2009-06-29 | Australia | **Vexed Father Makes Bomb Threat Against Elementary School |
School Violence | Antidepressant | 2005-11-19 | Arizona | **Violent 8 Year Old GIRL Handcuffed by Police at School |
School Violence | Celexa Antidepressant | 2002-01-23 | Florida | **Violent 8 Year-Old Boy Arrested At School |
School Threat/Lockdown | Lexapro* | 2008-04-18 | California | **Violent High School Student Shot to Death on Campus by Police |
School / Child Endangerment | Antidepressants | 2008-02-27 | Canada | **Wacky School Bus Driver Goes Berserk: Also Involved Painkillers |
School Violence | Paxil | 2004-10-23 | Washington DC | **Young Boy, 10 Year Old, Has Violent Incidents at School |
School Threat | Wellbutrin Antidepressant | 2007-04-24 | Tennessee | **Young Boy, 12, Threatens to Shoot Others at School |
School Hostage Situation | Med for Depression | 2006-03-09 | France | **Young Ex-Teacher Holds 21 Students Hostage |
School Shooting/Suicide | Celexa | 2002-10-07 | Texas | **Young Girl [13 Years Old] Kills Self at School With a Gun |
School Hostage Situation | Paxil | 2001-10-12 | North Carolina | **Young Man Holds Three People Hostage in Duke University President’s Office |
School Murder Attempt | Med For Depression | 1995-03-04 | California | **Young Woman Deliberately Hits 3 Kids with Her Car at Elementary School: Laughed During Attack |
** | Indicates a school shooting or school incident. |
* | Indicates a legal case won using SSRI defense. |
++ | Indicates an important journal article. |
+ | Indicates a highly publicized case. |
num | An age < 25 covered by FDA black box for suicide. |