[imardmd1]

Well, there are people who are so addicted to stuff like BZDs (Xanax, lorazepam, diazepam) but can't get it prescribed for them, so they find ways to buy it off the street; but that's not what I was referring to. Why I responded with the Army Surgeons' warnings is because the violence/suicide results seem to cling to the shooting crazes. If the findings really seem to be causitive, and if I had the whole population and general practitioners sold on the idea that the "cure" for mental disorders is prescriptive and no longer so consultative, and if my product was just obscenely profitable, wouldn't I want the bad news tamped down, and help direct the reporters to a more "popular" solution?

I think I'm just restating what you already said, and, yes--drug companies might take it real personal, maybe.

You know of Robert Whittaker and his "Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America -- ? You can find it at Amazon. You know of Erica Carle? Her writings, particularly SHOOTING RAMPAGES: WHY DO CHILDREN KILL? which os a little different slant--not quite so drug-oriented. But I don't know what happened to her.

[MasterGunner01]

One thing that has always bothered me is this culture of drugging people. We start in schools with ADD and ADHD drugs and then it gets worse when we continue the practice when people become adults. “Better things for better living through creative chemistry” is NOT a good thing because all drugs have side effects. These side effects over time can be deadly. Time is long past that this country needs a significant look at the drugging of large numbers of the population.