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To: Kaslin

Agree with the basic premise of the article (moral decay in society, breakdown of the family, rejection of God in the classroom....etc), however, it has been reported that Adam Lanza was “Autistic”, or had mental problems by his older brother.

Assuming that is true, could this boy have been at greater risk of committing this crime because of added factors involving a combination of prescriptive drugs? This is not, in any way intended to offend any parent who has bravely cared for an autistic child. However, in the past 30 years, the use of prescriptive drugs for treatment of everything from “ADD” to other “labels” applied to every childhood behavior has skyrocketed.

Certain anti-depressants have been correlated to increased risk of violence and suicide. Exposure to our modern culture in combination could further increase these risks.

Just curious as to whether Adam Lanza was medicated and if so, what he was prescribed.


40 posted on 12/15/2012 7:09:56 AM PST by motoman
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To: motoman
...could this boy have been at greater risk of committing this crime because of added factors involving a combination of prescriptive drugs?

I bet you're right.

47 posted on 12/15/2012 7:21:26 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: motoman

Nobody in the media wants to take a deep look into how psychoactive drugs can change the personalizes of some individuals.

I’ve seen first hand how it can totally change the demeanor and behavior of the person taking them, and the next day the person doesn’t remember a thing.


62 posted on 12/15/2012 8:14:54 AM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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