A bloody massacre last week at a Montreal college, now being called “Canada’s
Columbine” by some, leaves investigators searching for an explanation. After 25-year-old Kimveer Gill wounded 20 (6
critically) and killed one, the shooter was shot by police and subsequently
shot himself in the head. Official
warnings, such as those issued by Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, reveal violence and suicide as a dangerous risk of taking
psychiatric drugs. These warnings, and
the fact that 8 of the last 13 school shooters were under the influence of
psychiatric drugs at the time of the shootings, leads one to wonder whether the
Montreal shooter was under the influence of mind-altering psychiatric drugs.
April
29 1999: A 14 year old boy shot two children, killing one, at W.R. Myers High School in
Taber Alberta.
He was student of the school who was seeing a psychiatrist who prescribed him
Dexadrine just prior to the shooting.
March 21, 2005: Red Lake Indian
Reservation, Minnesota:
16-year-old Native American
Jeff Weise, reportedly under the influence of the antidepressant Prozac,
went on a shooting rampage at home and at his school, killing nine people
and wounding five before committing suicide.
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.
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 twelve 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 while Dylan Klebold’s 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 6 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 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania,
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 California high school
wounding five. Hoffman had also undergone an “anger management” program.
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.
For
a complete report on the relationship between psychiatry’s drugs and violence
go to the Citizens Commission on Human
Rights web site at www.cchr.org
The Citizens Commission on Human
Rights was established by the Church
of Scientology
to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights.
If you know anyone, including a child, who
has been abused or harmed by a psychiatrist
call The Citizens Commission on Human Rights at 1 800 670 2247. Complete
confidentiality assured.
