Twenty two international drug regulatory warnings that have been issued on psychiatric drugs causing side effects of mania, psychosis, aggression, hostility, violence and even homicidal ideation.
(prHWY.com) December 31, 2012 - Vancouver, Canada -- Vancouver, Britsh Columbia, Canada, December 31, 2012 -- The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a mental health watchdog, is calling for a federal investigation into the link between psychiatric drug use, school shootings and other acts of senseless violence, calling the investigation long overdue, and citing the supporting evidence.
On Dec. 17th, the Los Angeles Times article, "Adam Lanza's family had kept a watchful eye on him," cited sources who say Lanza had been 'medicated' as early as age 10. WFSB Eyewitness News, a Connecticut CBS affiliate, reported on Dec. 19th in the article, "Adam Lanza underwent psych evaluations in years past," that Adam Lanza "had some disorders" and Eyewitness News learned that Lanza "did undergo some sort of psychiatric evaluation sometime within the past few years."
CCHR's website documents that at least fourteen recent school shootings were committed by those taking or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs, resulting in 109 wounded and 58 killed. It also lists 22 international drug regulatory warnings that have been issued on psychiatric drugs causing side effects of mania, psychosis, aggression, hostility, violence and even homicidal ideation, yet there has never been a federal investigation into psychiatric drugs and acts of senseless violence
According to several media outlets, the Colorado theater killer, James Holmes had been "treated" by at least three mental health "professionals" including a psychiatrist prior to his rampage.
April 20, 1999: in Colorado at Columbine, 18-year-old Eric Harris was on the antidepressant Luvox when he and his partner Dylan Klebold killed 12 classmates and a teacher and wounded 23 others before taking their own lives in the bloodiest school massacre until now. The coroner confirmed that the antidepressant was in his system through toxicology reports, while Dylan Klebold's autopsy was never made public.
In another case, Alyssa Bustamante, a woman of Jefferson City, Mo., murdered her nine year old neighbor.The defence in the court case presented testimony that the anti-depressant drug Prozac may have played a role in the murder. It was reported that, "an increase in the dosage of Bustamante's Prozac prescription may have led her to kill Elizabeth",
In Alberta, three years ago, 12-year-old Jamie Richardson and 23-year- old Jeremy Steinke murdered Jasmine's family in a fit of rage. Jeremy Steinke was diagnosed with depression and Hyperactivity and treated with one or more of psychiatry's drugs.
19-year-old Robert Hawkins, who killed eight people and wounded five before committing suicide in an Omaha, Nebraska mall, is another kid- killer under the influence of psychiatric drugs.
Psychiatrist Dr Shabehram Lohrasbe told the court that Lakvinder Singh Khalon was severely depressed before he brutally murdered his 27-month-old daughter and was taking anti-depressants and anti-psychotic medication. Khalon had seen his psychiatrist only two days before the incident.
Illinois police confirmed that toxicology results show Illinois gunman Steven Kazmierczak had antidepressants in his system during his school shooting rampage--when he shot and killed five before committing suicide.
September 28, 2006: Bailey, Colorado: Duane Morrison, 53, entered Platte Canyon High School and shot and killed one girl, and sexually assaulted 6 others. Antidepressants were found in his vehicle.
March 21, 2005: Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota: 16-year-old Native American Jeff Weise was under the influence of the antidepressant Prozac when he shot and killed nine people and wounding five before committing suicide.
April 10, 2001: Wahluke, Washington: 16-year-old Cory Baadsgaard took a rifle to his high school, and held 23 classmates and a teacher hostage while on a high dose of the antidepressant Effexor.
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights is an international psychiatric watchdog group co-founded in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and the late Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights
Contact:
Brian Beaumont
Citizens Commission on Human rights
401 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 1L5
604 689 4417
humamnrights@lighspeed.ca
http://www.cchr.org
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