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Once again, there was
another mass killing and once again, the racial activists, social activists,
and the news media labeled it another "Hate Crime."
We have now had 70 such killings
since 1982. Here was the news
bulletin.
A white gunman opened fire Wednesday evening at a
historic black church in downtown Charleston,
S.C., before fleeing, the police
said, and nine people were killed. The Charleston Police Department said the
shooting occurred at the Emanuel
A.M.E. Church
about 9 p.m.
Officials did not release information about
possible victims. The police described the gunman as a clean-shaven white man
about 21 years-old who was wearing a gray sweatshirt, bluejeans and Timberland
boots.
According to the Post and Courier, Charleston
Police Chief Gregory Mullen said at a press conference late Wednesday night,
"I do believe it's a hate crime."
Most mass shooters in the United States
have been white males, as our investigation of three decades worth of data shows. In
most cases, the killers obtained their guns legally.
At least one other mass shooting was carried out in
recent years at a house of worship, in August 2012 at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
And in April 2014 in Kansas City,
a white supremacist opened fire in a Jewish retirement community, killing
three.
As of early Thursday morning, the suspect in Charleston remained at
large, and none of the victims had yet been publicly identified.
Before they even caught the killer the news media, law enforcement, and
social activists already called it a hate crime and raised the issue of gun
control.
Well I beg to differ with all of them.
The mass killing sprees plaguing America are far more likely to be
the result of the horrendous over-prescription of legal drugs by our medical
community.
There is no way to judge the actions of a mass murderer to a hate crime
because in this nation nothing, not even prejudice, can justify murder. There will always be the occasional nut case
who gets carried away but mass murder is a real distraction from the truth.
The truth is nearly two-thirds of Americans are taking legal prescriptions
of anti-psychotic and anti-depressive drugs, or other dangerous drugs, to get
off their addiction to legal drugs.
One of the key side effects of these prescription drugs is to amplify
paranoia, delusion, or suicide tendencies.
Our failure to address mental health as a key cause of mass killings, a
state of mental health intensified in the dark side by legally prescribed
drugs, ignores the realities of the mass killings.
Today I want to expose all the scientific evidence that our prescription
happy society is triggering mass murders at an ever-increasing rate. A follow up article will address how this
destabilization of the brain by prescription drugs opens the mind to an invasion
from the dark or evil side of life.
Here are excerpts from a series of articles about mass killings and
prescription drugs in America. If you pay attention, you will note the
connections between the side effects of drugs and the hideous acts of violence
from legal drug users.
Mother Jones
A Guide to Mass Shootings in America
There have been at least 69 in the last three
decades—and most of the killers got their guns legally.
Updated: Sat May 24, 2014,
10:45 PM EDT
Since 1982, there have
been at least 69 mass shootings across the country, with the killings unfolding
in 30 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii. Thirty-two of
these mass shootings have occurred since 2006. Seven of them took place in
2012, and another five occurred in 2013, including in Santa Monica, California, and at the Washington Navy Yard. The first five months of 2014 brought
major gun rampages at Fort Hood and in northern and southern California.
We've gathered detailed
data on more than three decades of cases and mapped them below, including
information on the shooters' profiles, the types of weapons they used, and the
number of victims they injured and killed. The below analysis covers the cases
from 1982 through 2012, and the map and database have been updated with cases
through 2013.*
Weapons: Of the 143 guns
possessed by the killers, more than three quarters were obtained legally. The
arsenal included dozens of assault weapons and semi-automatic handguns
with high-capacity magazines. (See charts below.) Just as
Jeffrey Weise used a .40-caliber Glock to slaughter students in Red Lake,
Minnesota, in 2005, so too did James Holmes, along with an AR-15 assault rifle,
when blasting away at his victims in a darkened movie theater. In Newtown, Connecticut,
Adam Lanza wielded a .223 Bushmaster semi-automatic assault rifle as he massacred
20 school children and six adults.
The killers: More than
half of the cases involved school or workplace shootings (12 and 20,
respectively); the other 30 cases took place in locations including shopping
malls, restaurants, and religious and government buildings. Forty four of the
killers were white males. Only one of them was a woman. (See Goleta, Calif.,
in 2006.) The average age of the killers was 35, though the youngest among them
was a mere 11 years old. (See Jonesboro, Ark., in 1998.) A majority were
mentally troubled—and many displayed signs of it before setting out to kill.
Explore the map for further details—we do not consider it to be all-inclusive,
but based on the
criteria we used we believe that we've produced the most comprehensive
rundown available on this particular type of violence. (Mass shootings
represent only a sliver of America's
overall gun violence.)
Our focus is on public
mass shootings in which the motive appeared to be indiscriminate killing. We
used the following criteria to identify cases:
The shooter took the lives
of at least four people. An FBI crime classification report identifies an individual as
a mass murderer—versus a spree killer or a serial killer—if
he kills four or more people in a single incident (not including himself),
typically in a single location.
The killings were carried
out by a lone shooter. (Except in the case of the Columbine massacre and the Westside Middle School killings, which involved
two shooters.)
The shootings occurred in
a public place. (Except in the case of a party on private property in Crandon, Wisconsin, and
another in Seattle,
where crowds of strangers had gathered.) Crimes primarily related to gang
activity, armed robbery, or domestic violence in homes are not included.
If the shooter died or was
hurt from injuries sustained during the incident, he is included in the total
victim count. (But we have excluded many cases in which there were three
fatalities and the shooter also died, per the above FBI criterion.)
We included a handful of
so-called "spree killings"—cases in which the killings occurred in
more than one location over a short period of time, that fit the above
criteria.
Here are two charts
detailing the killers' weapons:
Antipsychotic Drug Definition
Antipsychotics are drugs used in the treatment of brain disorders such as
schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and severe depression. According to the New
York Times, antipsychotics are one of the largest types of prescribed drugs in
the United States
with over 3.1 million Americans accounting for a market worth USD 18 billion in
2011 itself. Global estimates suggest that over 1.25% of the global population
suffers from psychosis and related disorders. This brings a market of about 7.5
million people suffering from combined disorders of schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, dementia, depression among other rare conditions. Several recent
studies have suggested instances of drug abuse and over prescription of these
drugs in the market, particularly in North America.
Clinical studies have shown severe drawbacks and addiction to antipsychotic
drugs. A serious side effect observed is tardive dyskinesia which is a
potentially irreversible movement disorder. These drugs are prescribed for mild
symptoms as well, increasing the market for the drugs tremendously.
WND EXCLUSIVE
70 million Americans taking
mind-altering drugs
Exclusive: David Kupelian
tells untold story of nation's rapidly escalating drug dependence
Published: 02/09/2014 at
4:25 PM
The heroin-overdose death
of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has caused the media to focus, however
fleetingly, on America’s
drug problem.
News accounts of the
Oscar-winner’s tragic demise typically reference the startling increase in
heroin-related deaths in the last four to five years. The problem, reporters
explain, is the vast number of Americans addicted to prescription pain meds
like OxyContin, many of whom discover heroin to be both cheaper and easier to
obtain than the prescription opioid drugs to which they initially became
addicted.
That’s accurate as far as
it goes. But by following the trail further, we arrive at a place far more
shocking and consequential. We discover that not only has the traditional
distinction between illegal “street drugs” and legal “therapeutic prescription
drugs” become so blurred as to be almost nonexistent, but between America’s twin
drug epidemics – one illegal, the other legal – well over 70 million Americans
are using mind-altering drugs. And that number doesn’t include abusers of
alcohol, which adds an additional 60 million Americans. So we’re really talking
about 130 million strung-out Americans. How is this possible?
Examples of opioids are:
Painkillers such as; morphine, methadone, Buprenorphine, hydrocodone, and
oxycodone. Heroin is also an opioid and is illegal. Opioid drugs sold under
brand names include: OxyContin®, Percocet®, Palladone®(taken off the market
7/2005), Vicodin®, Percodan®, Tylox® and Demerol® among others.
Opioids are medications
that relieve pain. They reduce the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain
and affect those brain areas controlling emotion, which diminishes the effects
of a painful stimulus. Medications that fall within this class include
hydrocodone (e.g., Vicodin), oxycodone (e.g., OxyContin, Percocet), morphine
(e.g., Kadian, Avinza), codeine, and related drugs. Hydrocodone products are
the most commonly prescribed for a variety of painful conditions, including dental
and injury-related pain. Morphine is often used before and after surgical
procedures to alleviate severe pain. Codeine, on the other hand, is often
prescribed for mild pain. In addition to their painrelieving properties, some
of these drugs—codeine and diphenoxylate (Lomotil) for example—can be used to
relieve coughs and severe diarrhea.
The abuse of and addiction
to opioids such as heroin, morphine, and prescription pain relievers is a
serious global problem that affects the health, social, and economic welfare of
all societies. It is estimated that between 26.4 million and
36 million people abuse opioids worldwide, with an
estimated 2.1 million people in the United States suffering from substance use
disorders related to prescription opioid pain relievers in 2012 and an
estimated 467,000 addicted to heroin. The consequences of this abuse have been devastating and are on the
rise. For example, the number of unintentional overdose deaths from
prescription pain relievers has soared in the United States, more than
quadrupling since 1999. There is also growing evidence to suggest a
relationship between increased non-medical use of opioid analgesics and heroin
abuse in the United States.
CERTAIN MEDICATIONS TAKEN ROUTINELY BY A HUNDRED
MILLION AMERICANS FOUND T0 CAUSE USERS TO COMMIT MURDER AT HIGHER RATES
06-01-2015 7:45 pm - Mike Adams - Natural News
Just as Natural News has
warned for over a decade, mind-altering medications such as tranquilizers and
psychiatric drugs (SSRIs) have now been confirmed to increase the risk of a
person committing murder.
A new study published in the journal World Psychiatry (June 1 edition, not yet
found on the web) found that several classes of prescription medications --
including antidepressant drugs, tranquilizers and anti-inflammatory painkillers
-- markedly increased the chances of someone murdering another human being.
This link has long been suspect in antidepressants, which have been repeatedly
linked to mass school shootings in the United States.
"I think that these chemical substances affect the impulse control of the
person," Dr. Jari Tiihonen, lead author and a professor, told Medical
Daily. "The only surprising result was that painkillers also increase the
risk."
According to the study's findings:
• Antidepressant drugs increased the risk of committing homicide by 31%.
• Tranquilizers increased the risk of committing homicide by 45%.
• Opioid pain relievers increased the risk of committing homicide by 92%.
• Anti-inflammatory painkillers increased the risk of committing homicide by
200%.
We were right all along: These mind-altering medications turn some people into
cold-blooded killers
For years, the New Media / Independent Media has been warning about the dangers
of psychiatric drugs causing violence. The mainstream media, which now receives
as much as 70% of its advertising revenue from drug companies, has all but
censored this story, largely ignoring the mass deaths taking place right in our
local communities.
Years ago in 2009, I wrote the rap song, "S.S.R.Lies" which exposed
this link between psych meds and school violence. Since then, Natural News and
other media sources have continued to cover the link between psychiatric drugs
and violence, including this story: Prescription drugs are connected to school
shootings and other violence, yet more drugs are touted as the solution.
(Also since 2009, I've published fourteen songs and music videos, each of them
covering key issues of social justice, liberty and food freedom. Click here to
hear the fan-favorite song "Be Divergent" or one of my personal
favorites Revolution of the Heart.)
Is Big Pharma contributing to the wave of homicidal violence sweeping America?
America
is presently experiencing a massive crime wave, with gangs running loose in the
streets of cities like Baltimore and Chicago. The number of shootings that took
place in Baltimore
over just the Memorial Day weekend -- 32 -- is larger than the total number of
shootings that take place in an entire year in many other countries.
In the month of May alone, there were 300 shootings in Chicago, with 35 deaths.
Here's the question of the day: How many people in Baltimore and Chicago are on
antidepressant drugs? How many are taking anti-inflammatory painkillers? How
many people who participated in the recent riots were operating with medicated
brains? What role does medication play in the escalating violence now spiraling
out of control across many of America's
cities? (A medicated population is not a rational population... where will this
lead next?)
Gun control advocates point to firearms as the cause of such violence, but the
logic doesn't pan out. Guns don't shoot by themselves. (I tried it with a magic
wand over and over, and I could never get my rifle to fire unless I
deliberately pulled the trigger.)
Firearms require a person to make a decision in order to unleash a
high-velocity bullet in the direction of an intended target. That
decision-making process is precisely what's compromised by mind-altering
medications. SSRIs can push some people over the edge, causing them to
illegally use a firearm in a way its manufacturer never intended. In much the
same way, someone can drink a lot of alcohol and use a vehicle to commit mass
homicide, too. Both of these are chemically induced homicides using mechanical
tools (cars or guns) which were never meant to kill innocent people.
What they both have in common is inhibited cognitive function caused by
chemicals. "Medicated driving" is just as dangerous as "drunk
driving..." and possibly even more so.
Pharma-funded media tries to downplay link between SSRIs and homicide.
The mainstream media is predictably trying to downplay the increased risk
homicidal behavior among people medicated with antidepressants, claiming a 31%
increased risk is only a "slight" risk. Of course, this is the same
media that, if presented with a press release from the CDC claiming
unvaccinated children had a 31% increased risk of contracting measles in Disneyland, would be screaming bloody murder and causing
a nationwide infectious disease panic. "Thirty-one percent increased
risk!! Get your damn kids vaccinated!"
Example of the total dismissal of the risk factors documented in the study:
"When asked about the practical implications of these findings, Tiihonen
said that people should not be worried about the risk of violence associated
with antidepressant use," reports LiveScience.com, which also downplays
any link between antidepressant drugs and violence.
Why, exactly, should we not be worried about medicated people committing mass
murder? Maybe because that worry would call into question all the lies we've
been told about drug safety by the FDA and Big Pharma.
Even if the increased risk seems small on an individual basis, you have tens of
millions of Americans taking these drugs. A small risk multiplied by tens of
millions of people results in the inevitability of a drug-induced homicide or
mass murder... much like what we saw in Columbine, Colorado, and other school
shootings. According to CDC statistics, almost 30 million Americans aged 12 and
over are now taking antidepressant medications. That's 30 million would-be
killers... ticking time bombs of violence if the drugs trigger homicidal
violence in their brains.
There are almost a hundred million more people who take anti-inflammatory
painkillers, too, according to this Consumer Reports document. On top of that,
there are presently about 60 million prescriptions written each year for
tranquilizer-class medications. Clearly, we're talking about more than
one-third of Americans taking these risky medications that can cause homicidal
behavior. That's not a small deal by any measure.
Furthermore, both the government and mainstream media have loudly raised the
alarm on many other issues that pose a far smaller risk of public harm than
psychiatric drugs. For example:
• There is virtually zero risk of being harmed or attacked by a terrorist
anywhere in the United
States. Yet the entire Patriot Act
surveillance state / TSA / police state / militarized police infrastructure
that has been put into place since 2001 was based on the heavily marketed fear
that terrorists were hiding around every corner, waiting to kill us all. In
truth, almost no one in America
has even seen a terrorist, much less been killed by one.
• There is almost ZERO risk that a healthy, unvaccinated child exposed to
measles will be killed by measles. Even in the heavily propagandized Disneyland outbreak, not a single child died. Some got
the measles, built their own immune system antibodies, and recovered naturally.
• Almost no one dies from raw milk consumption in America, yet the FDA and state
"food Nazi" thugs wage surveillance wars and arrest people like James
Stewart at gunpoint (SWAT style) for distributing raw milk to health-conscious
parents who desire the wholesome beverage.
Get off the mind-altering meds.
The most important take away message from all this is to get off the
mind-altering meds. If you're taking psychiatric drugs or tranquilizers, you
run the risk of "snapping" and turning into a homicidal maniac who
kills other people. That's precisely what this study documented.
It also calls into question the escalating violence in a country that's the
most medicated nation in the world: America. When you combine the
scourge of mind-altering medications with the cognitive-harming effects of
fluoride, glyphosate, pesticides and urban air pollution, is it any wonder
things keep getting worse among the voters?
Sources for this article include:
Study: Tiihonen J, Lehti M, Aaltonen M, Kivivuori J, Kautiainen H, Virta L,
Hoti F, Tanskanen A, Korhonen P. Psychotropic drugs and homicide: a prospective
cohort study from Finland. World Psychiatry. 2015.
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