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Title: Las Vegas Gunman Was Prescribed Drug Linked to Violent Outbursts
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URL Source: https://www.infowars.com/las-vegas- ... g-linked-to-violent-outbursts/
Published: Oct 4, 2017
Author: Paul Joseph Watson
Post Date: 2017-10-04 11:05:21 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 6770
Comments: 43
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Paddock “was prescribed an anti-anxiety drug in June that can lead to aggressive behavior”. The drug in question – diazepam – more 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. The article cites DrugAbuse.com, which warns that diazepam can trigger “aggressive behavior” and “psychotic experiences,” which can be amplified by alcohol consumption. “If somebody has an underlying 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.” A 2015 study published in World Psychiatry found that teens convicted of homicide were 45 per cent more likely to kill during time periods when they were on benzodiazepines. However, Dr. Michael First points 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”. As we previously highlighted, 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. As the website SSRI Stories profusely documents, 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. Pharmaceutical giants who produce 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.
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Las Vegas massacre gunman 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.
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#1. To: Tooconservative (#0)
That's an odd number. Usually prescriptions are given as multiples of 30 days. Plus, he filled that prescription over 90 days ago. Not exactly "pounding them down".
We don't know if he had other prescriptions for other doctors, got a phoned-in refill, etc. All we know is that he did have a prescription filled in recent months and that that does warrant further investigation. And it should be noted that he is yet another in a very long line of SSRI mass killers. You know, I could do a whole Jonesy routine if I could just work some "crisis actors" into my little monologue.
True. So maybe we should stick with what we do know. One old prescription for a limited number of pills does not make an SSRI mass killer. Geez Louise.
Not that old a prescription. Other reporting indicates that he has 3 other homes and could have had doctors/pharmacies in each place. He could have had multiple doctors/pharmacies in Nevada alone. I've known people who had 3-4 doctors in one smallish town and dealt with two pharmacies, keeping them all in the dark about each other. It does suggest that he is/was an SSRI user and may have had other pharmaceutical habits. It is information we did not have before now. This is how investigations are conducted.
Valium is not an SSRI which acts on seratonin levels. It is a benzo, a different class of drug which acts differently. Valium is a tranquilizer and muscle relaxant. Aggressive behavior is only listed as a side effect to chronic use or abuse, by the article's cited source. Withdrawal may be a bitch. https://drugabuse.com/library/the-effects-of-valium-use/
True, valium is not an SSRI and is a benzodiazapam. Even so, it is not as harmless as its manufacturers have tried to portray it.
Which is why you need a prescription. You're not one of those who think all drugs, including not-as-harmless valium, should be legal and available at the local 7-11, are you?
I think we need to re-examine all these drugs. Most of them are consumed as recreational drugs, no matter what the users and the manufacturers are saying. I think they are quite dangerous to some individuals, as bad as any narcotic would be. But they remain legal because they got them past the rather corrupt FDA.
AND you know that HOW and WHY, Dr. Tooconservative? OR, are you merely speculating as many CTers do?
Pharma drugs are a big thing in the USA. I easily found this: http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js6160e/6.html • In 1999, the 15% of the world’s population who live in high-income countries purchased and consumed about 90% of total medicines, by value. This concentration in the pattern of global sales and consumption has increased over the past 15 years, with the share of the low-income countries falling and that of the high-income countries growing. The market share of the USA alone rose from 18.4% of the world total in 1976 to over 52% in 2000.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"and Paddock purchased 50 10-milligram diazepam tablets"
#3. To: misterwhite (#1)
Usually prescriptions are given as multiples of 30 days. Plus, he filled that prescription over 90 days ago. Not exactly "pounding them down".
#5. To: Tooconservative (#3)
We don't know if he had other prescriptions for other doctors, got a phoned-in refill, etc.
#8. To: misterwhite (#5)
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True. So maybe we should stick with what we do know. One old prescription for a limited number of pills does not make an SSRI mass killer.
#18. To: Tooconservative, misterwhite (#8)
It does suggest that he is/was an SSRI user and may have had other pharmaceutical habits.
Chronic use or abuse of sedatives such as Valium is associated with:
#20. To: nolu chan (#18)
#24. To: Tooconservative (#20)
Even so, it is not as harmless as its manufacturers have tried to portray it.
#25. To: misterwhite (#24)
Which is why you need a prescription.
#35. To: Tooconservative (#25)
I think we need to re-examine all these drugs. Most of them are consumed as recreational drugs, no matter what the users and the manufacturers are saying.
#38. To: Liberator (#35)
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