LAS VEGAS GUNMAN WAS PRESCRIBED DRUG LINKED TO VIOLENT OUTBURSTS
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Stephen Paddock was taking a drug linked to violent outbursts in yet
another example of a mass shooter being on a pharmaceutical medication
that causes aggressive behavior.
commonly known as its brand name Valium – was prescribed by Henderson
physician Dr. Steven Winkler on June 21 and Paddock purchased 50
10-milligram diazepam tablets from a Walgreens store in Reno on the same
day. Paddock was also previously prescribed the same drug in 2016.
warns that diazepam can trigger “aggressive behavior” and “psychotic
experiences,” which can be amplified by alcohol consumption.
aggression problem and you sedate them with that drug, they can become
aggressive,” said Dr. Mel Pohl, chief medical officer of the Las Vegas
Recovery Center. “It can disinhibit an underlying emotional state. … It
is much like what happens when you give alcohol to some people … they
become aggressive instead of going to sleep.”
Psychiatry found that teens convicted of homicide were 45 per cent more
likely to kill during time periods when they were on benzodiazepines.
out that Paddock’s attack was obviously pre-meditated, carefully
planned, and could not have occurred on a whim, although he acknowledges
the reason behind why Paddock was prescribed diazepam may explain “why
he did what he did”.
virtually every major mass shooter was taking some form of SSRI or
other pharmaceutical drug at the time of their attack, including
Columbine killer Eric Harris, ‘Batman’ shooter James Holmes, Charleston
church shooter Dylann Roof and Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza.
there are literally hundreds of examples of mass shootings, murders and
other violent episodes that have been committed by individuals on
psychiatric drugs over the past three decades.
drugs like Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil spend around $2.4 billion dollars a
year on direct-to-consumer television advertising every year. By running
negative stories about prescription drugs, networks risk losing tens of
millions of dollars in ad revenue, which is undoubtedly one of the
primary reasons why the connection is habitually downplayed or ignored
entirely.