William Vincent Smith 1946
Howard Unruh 1949
Charles Starkweather 1958
Charles Whitman 1966
Mark Essex 1973
James Ruppert 1975
George Banks 1982
James O. Huberty 1984
Patrick Sherrill 1986
Ronald Gene Simmons 1987
Joeseph Wesbecker 1989
James Edward Pough 1990
George Hennard 1991
How many of those people were on SSRIs? We can speculate about anything, so we can also speculate that if all those people above had been on medication, maybe some of them wouldn't have done what they did. The Northern Illinois Shooter and the "Vampire of San Fransisco" are two killers who did it after they went off their meds.
A main thing to look for would be an increase in mass killings since the introduction of the drugs, which has not happened.
USA isn't the only country. For years now there's been an epic case study going on - millions upon millions of people all over the globe using antidepressants, just like millions listen to rap and heavy metal music, and play video games.
If any of those are so influential as some people think, then because of how widespread they are we should be seeing massive increases in homicide and such. Instead, violent crime rates have gone in the other direction.
If 1 in 5 million people on SSRIs or 1 in 5 million video game players commits mass murder - statistically this means almost nothing.
Not everyone on drugs is "crazy", but "crazy" people are much more likely to end up being put on them.
The biggest correlation among violent offenders is the male gender. After that, it might be alcohol use. Plenty of research in regards to gender, alcohol and violence has been done, but the word "investigation" would imply government involvement, which is the type of thing that led to prohibition.
Howard Unruh 1949
Charles Starkweather 1958
Charles Whitman 1966
Mark Essex 1973
James Ruppert 1975
George Banks 1982
James O. Huberty 1984
Patrick Sherrill 1986
Ronald Gene Simmons 1987
Joeseph Wesbecker 1989
James Edward Pough 1990
George Hennard 1991
How many of those people were on SSRIs? We can speculate about anything, so we can also speculate that if all those people above had been on medication, maybe some of them wouldn't have done what they did. The Northern Illinois Shooter and the "Vampire of San Fransisco" are two killers who did it after they went off their meds.
A main thing to look for would be an increase in mass killings since the introduction of the drugs, which has not happened.
USA isn't the only country. For years now there's been an epic case study going on - millions upon millions of people all over the globe using antidepressants, just like millions listen to rap and heavy metal music, and play video games.
If any of those are so influential as some people think, then because of how widespread they are we should be seeing massive increases in homicide and such. Instead, violent crime rates have gone in the other direction.
If 1 in 5 million people on SSRIs or 1 in 5 million video game players commits mass murder - statistically this means almost nothing.
Not everyone on drugs is "crazy", but "crazy" people are much more likely to end up being put on them.
The biggest correlation among violent offenders is the male gender. After that, it might be alcohol use. Plenty of research in regards to gender, alcohol and violence has been done, but the word "investigation" would imply government involvement, which is the type of thing that led to prohibition.
