opinion

Psychiatric medications, not guns, triggering mass shootings: Letter

Psychiatric drugs are the common thread in nearly all school shootings. Yet, the media exploits every school shooting to push its agenda of repealing the Second Amendment and confiscating guns from law-abiding citizens but leaving all weapons in the hands of the criminals.

They also refuse to to consider the mind-altering effects of psychiatric medications, which emerge in nearly every recent school shooting. The website PsychDrugShooters.com details over 100 school shootings carried out by individuals who were taking psych meds. The Northern Illinois University shooter in 2008 was treated with psych meds prior to his rampage. There is a confirmed link between Xanax and mass shootings. Nikolas Cruz in Florida was taking psych meds for emotional issues. Eric Harris of the Columbine horror was taking Luvox, a Prozac-like drug, and the list goes on.

Until we take a serious look at this issue, the violence will continue. And, even if guns are banned, the lunatics will start using vehicles, bombs, swords or other weapons to carry out their psych med-induced intent. Instead of gun control, why not better regulate psych medications?

Hesh Goldstein

Red Bank