Canadian judge rules SSRI antidepressants can cause children to commit murder

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The use of antidepressant and psychiatric drugs, particularly among children, is an extremely risky activity that could have fatal consequences for both the individuals that use them, as well as their friends and family. According to the National Post, a Canadian judge recently ruled that the extreme mind-altering effects of the antidepressant drug Prozac were in large part responsible for causing a 15-year-old boy to thrust a nine-inch kitchen knife into one of his closest friends.

Though the Winnipeg boy that committed the heinous crime had allegedly abused prescription drugs and "experimented" with cocaine long prior to the incident, he had never had a violent or aggressive personality about him, according to reports. It was only when he began taking Prozac, the very thing doctors had given him as a so-called "solution" to his previous illicit drug problems, that he began to rapidly go off the deep end.

"He had become irritable, restless, agitated, aggressive and unclear in his thinking," said Justice Robert Heinrichs of the Manitoba Justice Department, who ruled on the case. "It was while in that state he overreacted in an impulsive, explosive and violent way. Now that his body and mind are free and clear of any effects of Prozac, he is simply not the same youth in behavior or character."

What the judge appears to be implying here is that Prozac is directly responsible for altering the brain of a user and causing them to think irrationally, which in turn can cause them to harm themselves or others. In other words, if it were not for the use of this mind-warping drug, the murderer in this case most likely would never have dreamed of slaughtering one of his best friends.

Learn more:
http://www.naturalnews.com/034433_SSRI_drugs_children_murder.html#ixzz1gwd0yCUG

whaaaaat da fuck
 
I think this is good... Antidepressants in adolescents should be avoided, certainly. There's a black box warning on them in the US for a reason.
 
Judges, politicians, nor big pharm lobbyists should make medical decisions.

I agree that people in general (not just kids and teens) are over-prescribed these meds, and I agree that in SOME people they can become very violent. This doesn't change that SSRIs definitely have their place.

-Not everyone that drinks beats their wife.
 
suicidal ideation and violent thoughts are possible side fx of ALL SSRI's, SNRI's, and XXRI's (whatever will hypothetically come next). hmmm, an antidepressant that makes me think of killing myself, has horrible physical WD, and no recreational value?!?!?!? fuck off with that. and NOBODY under 18 should be given (script or not) ANY kind of psychotropic drug, especially by a doctor who should have learned in med school that the brain is still developing and powerful psychotropics will fuck with it. FAS anyone? its even more disgusting that the real dope pushers have medical degrees and are totally legit. ive only had the typical after school special "first one is free then u gotta pay" type experience in a doctors office... fucker tried to give me effexor... came in such a nice package with each day sealed individually with week 1 @ 37.5mg/day, then week 2 @ 75mg/day. Fucking white collar grime... i know someone on 650mg!?!?!?!?! per day. only been on paxil a decade ago and all it did was nullify my first encounter with lsd. me n a friend split 5, he said it was like 30 grams of mush, i got nothing at all, and i mean nothing. so no thx 2 drugs that prevent my enjoyment of acid and other psychs.

"seriously baby i can prescribe anything i want" - Dr Nick Riviera
"the coroner? im so sick of that guy" - Dr Nick Riviera
 
suicidal ideation and violent thoughts are possible side fx of ALL SSRI's, SNRI's, and XXRI's (whatever will hypothetically come next). hmmm, an antidepressant that makes me think of killing myself, has horrible physical WD, and no recreational value?!?!?!? fuck off with that. and NOBODY under 18 should be given (script or not) ANY kind of psychotropic drug, especially by a doctor who should have learned in med school that the brain is still developing and powerful psychotropics will fuck with it. FAS anyone? its even more disgusting that the real dope pushers have medical degrees and are totally legit. ive only had the typical after school special "first one is free then u gotta pay" type experience in a doctors office... fucker tried to give me effexor... came in such a nice package with each day sealed individually with week 1 @ 37.5mg/day, then week 2 @ 75mg/day. Fucking white collar grime... i know someone on 650mg!?!?!?!?! per day. only been on paxil a decade ago and all it did was nullify my first encounter with lsd. me n a friend split 5, he said it was like 30 grams of mush, i got nothing at all, and i mean nothing. so no thx 2 drugs that prevent my enjoyment of acid and other psychs."seriously baby i can prescribe anything i want" - Dr Nick Riviera
"the coroner? im so sick of that guy" - Dr Nick Riviera

um...
 
Judges, politicians, nor big pharm lobbyists should make medical decisions.

I agree that people in general (not just kids and teens) are over-prescribed these meds, and I agree that in SOME people they can become very violent. This doesn't change that SSRIs definitely have their place.

-Not everyone that drinks beats their wife.

I agree that doctors - and , primarily, the patient him/herself - should make medical decisions, not judges etc.
But judges need to make decisions about whether someone is in their "normal" state of mind when they commit a crime.
If 100% of Prozac users became violent, it would be easy to assign blame.
But if 25% of Prozac users become violent, is that enough to give the drug the blame?
What about 50%? Or 80%?
These are not easy decisions, and I would not want to have to make them, but that is a judge's job.
Alcohol has been used as an excuse for committing crime for hundreds of years.
Some judges ignore it, some lap it up, and some are in-between.
It would be nice to have one rule to follow (especially if that rule is: I don't care if you were drunk. It is your responsibility.)
However, people choose to use alcohol for recreational reasons.
SSRIs are prescribed by doctors, and forced upon at least some kids by the government.
They are used for entirely different reasons.
Therefore, it seems to be a different question.
 
Zoloft made me suicidally depressed. It was prescribed to me when I was 14. I made it maybe 4 months or so on it before discontinuing use. I told my doctor that it made my depression infinitely worse and that I was happy being normally depressed without it being amplified by that garbage.

Yeah...I have problems. Did Zoloft help? Hell no. I'm not saying its true for everyone but it made no sense for me to be on that stuff when I was younger. I sometimes wonder if the damage is permanent and if so, what sort of permanent effects that stuff had on my brain...
 
I agree that doctors - and , primarily, the patient him/herself - should make medical decisions, not judges etc.
But judges need to make decisions about whether someone is in their "normal" state of mind when they commit a crime.
If 100% of Prozac users became violent, it would be easy to assign blame.
But if 25% of Prozac users become violent, is that enough to give the drug the blame?
What about 50%? Or 80%?
These are not easy decisions, and I would not want to have to make them, but that is a judge's job.
Alcohol has been used as an excuse for committing crime for hundreds of years.
Some judges ignore it, some lap it up, and some are in-between.
It would be nice to have one rule to follow (especially if that rule is: I don't care if you were drunk. It is your responsibility.)
However, people choose to use alcohol for recreational reasons.
SSRIs are prescribed by doctors, and forced upon at least some kids by the government.
They are used for entirely different reasons.
Therefore, it seems to be a different question.

I don't know. It seems irrelevant what meds are being forced down a child's throat from the state. That's just plain fucked up.
I was using alcohol as a blind sweeping blanket analogy. Certainly not every uses alcohol to "get fucked up". SSRIs do bother me to the extent you're talking about though. I don't think people (in general) or parenting (in general) or the world (in general) have change either, we're strait up bombarded with every small town murder now.
 
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