The implication is that the meds somehow enhance the propensity of some individuals to commit violence. The simpler takeaway is that all of these killers exhibited thought/behavior disorders which led to their being prescribed medications to control their psychiatric disorder. Perhaps the real common thread is that bad guys are deranged, and that efforts to help control their thoughts and behavior were inadequate, but they were recognized as being potential problems before the headline generating actions.
Blaming the medications is like blaming the guns! Guns do not commit violence, and medication does not cause violence. BAD PEOPLE commit violence! It is time to dump political correctness, and deal with the reality!
“The implication is that the meds somehow enhance the propensity of some individuals to commit violence. The simpler takeaway is that all of these killers exhibited thought/behavior disorders which led to their being prescribed medications to control their psychiatric disorder. Perhaps the real common thread is that bad guys are deranged, and that efforts to help control their thoughts and behavior were inadequate, but they were recognized as being potential problems before the headline generating actions.
Blaming the medications is like blaming the guns! Guns do not commit violence, and medication does not cause violence. BAD PEOPLE commit violence! It is time to dump political correctness, and deal with the reality!”
You are right of course. Idiots try to find the universal scapegoat such as guns, drugs, alcohol etc. Fact is some people are just genetically evil. Period.
I think that is going too far.
If I hold a gun in my hand, I do not think it changes me in any important fashion. I am still me.
If you pump my brain full of this medication or that medication, you can change me -- either short-term or perhaps long-term.
I am not on medication. If I pick up a gun and shoot someone, that is 100% on me -- no one should blame Smith&Wesson.
My neighbor is medicated. If she picks up a knife and kills her husband, I think I'd wonder about her medication.