As you know, there have been many violent events that have
occurred in just this year alone. Everyone is trying to figure out what is
causing all the violence. Some say that the guns need to be removed from
citizens, and some are saying that it is the person with the gun that is the
problem. I personally believe that the person with the weapon is responsible
for the crime, and not the gun. Which lead me to start thinking deeper about
the person. Does this person have a psychiatric problem? And if they do, are
they taking prescription medication to try and treat their problem?
One
article that I have found written by Hyla Cass, MD states that they are
agreeing with what question I have asked above. They have evidence that 60
minutes reported Adam Lanza to be on medication, but they didn’t follow up on
finding out specifically what he was on. Later on in the article, they mention
that the environment a person is in can cause them to react violently. Specially
talking about video games, in today there are numerous amounts of video games
that consist of killing other people.
Another
example of proof that prescription drugs are related to shootings, the Virginia
Tech shooter who murdered thirty-two people was prescribed the antidepressant
drug Prozac prior to his rampage. Another shooter, Jeffrey Weiss was also given
Prozac prior to his shooting rampage at a school leaving ten dead and his
grandfather. There are many more examples found in this article that suggest
that antidepressants are quite related to shootings. So in my personal opinion,
I will say that the drugs react with the subject’s problem in a negative way.
Nick E W
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