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The Real Root of School Violence

January 14, 2013 07:24

How many are looking at the schools themselves as the conduit through which millions of students are drugged with mind-altering drugs?

by Tom DeWeese

In the brave new world of the very near future, children will enter their public schools passing police checkpoints, surveillance cameras, metal detectors, X-ray scanners and warrantless physical searches. Parents will relax, knowing their child is now “SAFE.” No violent evil doers will be able to get past that wall of security.

But what none of the checkpoints, scanners and cameras will detect is the child who walks right past, armed to the teeth with a hidden weapon actually enforced on him by the school itself. The weapon comes in many names and varieties: Ritlin, Luvox, Prozac, Zoloft, Cymbalta, Paxil, and more. Each weapon lovingly loaded into their child by concerned parents before they send them off to their “safe” school. And while the child’s backpack and pockets are checked by the armed force on the way in, the pharmaceutical poison is building up in his blood system, racing to the brain like a lit dynamite fuse.

As communities reel from one massive act of student violence after another, most recently in Newtown, Connecticut, the nation looks for answers. How many are looking at the schools themselves as the conduit through which millions of students are drugged with mind-altering drugs?

Some history. In 1965, the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), changed education forever as the seeds for today’s massive restructuring -away from academics to behavior modification – began. It was psychology’s crowning moment. The ESEA allocated massive federal funds and opened school doors to a flood of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and the psychiatric programs and testing needed to validate them. The number of educational psychologists in the U.S. increased from 455 in 1969 to 16,146 in 1992. As of 1994, child psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors and special educators in and around U.S. public schools nearly out-number teachers.

To date, there has never been issued a single peer- reviewed scientific paper officially claiming to prove ADD/ ADHD exists. Nor has there ever been a single bit of physical evidence to confirm the disease exists. So-called experts on the subject have refused to answer the simple question, “is ADD/ ADHD a real disease?” Medical researchers charge that ADHD does not meet the medical definition of a disease or syndrome or anything organic or biologic.

Yet, in 1991, eligibility rules for federal education grants were changed to provide schools with $400 in annual grant money for each child diagnosed with ADHD. That same year the Department of Education formally recognized ADHD as a handicap and directed all state education officers to establish procedures to screen and identify ADHD children and provide them with special education and psychological services. As a result, the number of ADD/ADHD cases soared again.

Today more than 7,000,000 children have been labeled, tamped and registered as permanent patients of the school system. 10 to 12 percent of all boys between the ages of 6 and 14 in the United States have been diagnosed as having ADD. One in every 30 Americans between the ages of 5 and 19 years old has a prescription for Ritalin. And the fuse burns as the “patients” sit in the classroom.

AS THE USE OF PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS RISE – SO TOO DO CHILD SUICIDES

Children are dying. Not just in shootings, but in rising incidents of suicide. Here are some details:
A November 1997 medical report found: “The association between benzodiazephine use and attempted suicide is especially high for…the young, and for males…” In the April 1996 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, a study found that “the older tricyclic antidepressants are a significant cause of suicide” and accounted for the majority of antidepressant deaths studied between 1986 and 1990.

A December 1996 French study entitled, “Suicide and psychotropic drugs,” established that “suicide attempts are more frequent among patients taking antidepressants…”

In Denmark, with a huge usage of psychotropic drugs, the suicide rate is twice the rate of that in the United States…
In the U.S., teen suicides have tripled since 1960; today, suicide is the second leading cause of death…

In Israel, between 1981 and 1994, the estimated suicide rate for 15- to 19-year-old Jewish boys increased by about 183 percent. (Tellingly, the suicide rate dropped 10 percent during a 1997 period when Israel’s psychologists went on strike.)

Australia’s suicide rate increased between 1960 and 1967 when legislation was passed to enable a person to obtain multiple prescriptions for sedatives. When the law was modified in 1967 to restrict the practice, there was a decrease in per capita sedative usage and a decline in suicide rates.

Are we hearing an outcry from that tragedy? Are there calls for stopping, banning, regulating the use of these mind- altering drugs? Is the pharmaceutical industry being called on the carpet? Are there emergency congressional hearings being held to showcase the heads of big pharma as murdering criminals? Not on your life.

As the nation is outraged over the school shootings, demanding that something be done, guns become the target, not the drugs that filled the child’s mind with delusions to take such horrific action. Meanwhile the gun sits innocently in the corner, unmoving, unable to cause damage – until the real loaded weapon – the drugged student – picks it up.

View the full list with detailed information on the connection between drugs and school shootings

Tom DeWeese is one of the nation’s leading advocates of individual liberty, free enterprise, private property rights, personal privacy, back-to-basics education and American sovereignty and independence. Go to americanpolicy.org for more information

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What	Drug	Date	Where	Additional
School Shooting	Prozac WITHDRAWAL	2008-02-15	Illinois	** 6 Dead: 15 Wounded: Perpetrator Was in Withdrawal from Med & Acting Erratically
School Shooting	Prozac Antidepressant	2005-03-24	Minnesota	**10 Dead: 7 Wounded: Dosage Increased One Week before Rampage
School Shooting	Paxil [Seroxat] Antidepressant	2001-03-10	Pennsylvania	**14 Year Old GIRL Shoots & Wounds Classmate at Catholic School
School Shooting	Zoloft Antidepressant & ADHD Med	2011-07-11	Alabama	**14 Year Old Kills Fellow Middle School Student
School Shooting	Zoloft Antidepressant	1995-10-12	South Carolina	**15 Year Old Shoots Two Teachers, Killing One: Then Kills Himself
School Shooting	Med For Depression	2009-03-13	Germany	**16 Dead Including Shooter: Antidepressant Use: Shooter in Treatment For Depression
School Hostage Situation	Med For Depression	2010-12-15	France	**17 Year Old with Sword Holds 20 Children & Teacher Hostage
School Shooting Plot	Med For Depression WITHDRAWAL	2008-08-28	Texas	**18 Year Old Plots a Columbine School Attack
School Shooting	Anafranil Antidepressant	1988-05-20	Illinois	**29 Year Old WOMAN Kills One Child: Wounds Five: Kills Self
School Shooting	Luvox/Zoloft Antidepressants	1999-04-20	Colorado	**COLUMBINE: 15 Dead: 24 Wounded
School Stabbings	Antidepressants	2001-06-09	Japan	**Eight Dead: 15 Wounded: Assailant Had Taken 10 Times his Normal Dose of Depression Med
School Shooting	Prozac Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL	1998-05-21	Oregon	**Four Dead: Twenty Injured
School Stabbing	Med For Depression	2011-10-25	Washington	**Girl, 15, Stabs Two Girls in School Restroom: 1 Is In Critical Condition
School Shooting	Antidepressant	2006-09-30	Colorado	**Man Assaults Girls: Kills One & Self
School Machete Attack	Med for Depression	2001-09-26	Pennsylvania	**Man Attacks 11 Children & 3 Teachers at Elementary School
School Shooting Related	Luvox	1993-07-23	Florida	**Man Commits Murder During Clinical Trial for Luvox: Same Drug as in COLUMBINE: Never Reported
School Hostage Situation	Cymbalta Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL	2009-11-09	New York	**Man With Gun Inside School Holds Principal Hostage
School Shooting	Antidepressants	1992-09-20	Texas	**Man, Angry Over Daughter’s Report Card, Shoots 14 Rounds inside Elementary School
School Shooting	SSRI	2010-02-19	Finland	**On Sept. 23, 2008 a Finnish Student Shot & Killed 9 Students Before Killing Himself
School Shooting Threat	Med for Depression*	2004-10-19	New Jersey	**Over-Medicated Teen Brings Loaded Handguns to School
School Shooting	Antidepressant?	2007-04-18	Virginia	**Possible SSRI Use: 33 Dead at Virginia Tech
School Shooting	Antidepressant?	2002-01-17	Virginia	**Possible SSRI Withdrawal Mania: 3 Dead at Law School
School Incident/Bizarre	Zoloft*	2010-08-22	Australia	**School Counselor Exhibits Bizarre Behavior: Became Manic On Zoloft
School/Assault	Antidepressant	2009-11-04	California	**School Custodian Assaults Student & Principal: Had Manic Reaction From Depression Med
School Shooting	Prozac Antidepressant	1992-01-30	Michigan	**School Teacher Shoots & Kills His Superintendent at School
School Shooting Threats	Celexa Antidepressant	2010-01-25	Virginia	**Senior in High School Theatens to Kill 4 Classmates: Facebook Involved: Bail Denied
School Violence/Murder	Antidepressants*	1998-05-04	New York	**Sheriff’s Deputy Shoots his Wife in an Elementary School
School Knifing/Murder	Meds For Depression & ADHD	2010-04-28	Massachusetts	**Sixteen Year Old Kills 15 Year Old in High School Bathroom in Sept. 2009
School Stabbing	Wellbutrin	2006-12-04	Indiana	**Stabbing by 17 Year Old At High School: Charged with Attempted Murder
School Threat	Antidepressants	2007-04-23	Mississippi	**Student Arrested for Making School Threat Over Internet
School Suspension	Lexapro Antidepressant	2007-07-28	Arkansas	**Student Has 11 Incidents with Police During his 16 Months on Lexapro
School Shooting	Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL	2007-11-07	Finland	**Student Kills 8: Wounds 10: Kills Self: High School in Finland
School Shooting	Paxil [Seroxat] Antidepressant	2004-02-09	New York	**Student Shoots Teacher in Leg at School
School Threat	Prozac Antidepressant	2008-01-25	Washington	**Student Takes Loaded Shotgun & 3 Rifles to School Parking Lot: Plans Suicide
School Shooting Plot	Med For Depression	1998-12-01	Wisconsin	**Teen Accused of Plotting to Gun Down Students at School
School/Assault	Zoloft Antidepressant	2006-02-15	Tennessee	**Teen Attacks Teacher at School
School Shooting Threat	Antidepressant	1999-04-16	Idaho	**Teen Fires Gun in School
School Hostage Situation	Paxil & Effexor Antidepressants	2001-04-15	Washington	**Teen Holds Classmates Hostage with a Gun
School Hostage Situation	Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL	2006-11-28	North Carolina	**Teen Holds Teacher & Student Hostage with Gun
School Knife Attack	Med for Depression	2006-12-06	Indiana	**Teen Knife Attacks Fellow Student
School Massacre Plot	Prozac Withdrawal	2011-02-23	Virginia	**Teen Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison For Columbine Style Plot
School Shooting	Celexa & Effexor Antidepressants	2001-04-19	California	**Teen Shoots at Classmates in School
School Shooting	Celexa Antidepressant	2006-08-30	North Carolina	**Teen Shoots at Two Students: Kills his Father: Celexa Found Among his Personal Effects
School Shooting	Meds For Depression & ADHD	2011-03-18	South Carolina	**Teen Shoots School Official: Pipe Bombs Found in Backpack
School Shooting Threat	Antidepressant	2003-05-31	Michigan	**Teen Threatens School Shooting: Charge is Terrorism
School Stand-Off	Zoloft Antidepressant	1998-04-13	Idaho	**Teen [14 Years Old] in School Holds Police At Bay: Fires Shots
School Shooting	Antidepressant WITHDRAWAL	2007-10-12	Ohio	**Teen [14 Years Old] School Shooter Possibly on Antidepressants or In Withdrawal
School Threat	Antidepressants	2008-03-20	Indiana	**Teen [16 Years Old] Brings Gun to School: There Is a Lockdown
School Suicide/Lockdown	Med For Depression	2008-02-20	Idaho	**Teen [16 Years Old] Kills Self at High School: Lockdown by Police
School Threats	Prozac Antidepressant	1999-10-19	Florida	**Teen [16 Years Old] Threatens Classmates With Knife & Fake Explosives
School Stabbing	Med For Depression	2008-02-29	Texas	**Teen [17 Year Old GIRL] Stabs Friend & Principal at High School
School Hostage Situation	Prozac/ Paxil Antidepressants	2001-01-18	California	**Teen [17 Years Old] Takes Girl Hostage at School: He is Killed by Police
School Knife Attack	Treatment For Depression & Strattera	2009-03-10	Belgium	**Three Dead in School Day Care: Two Children & a Caregiver: Happened Jan 23, 2009
School Shooting Plot	Antidepressants	2009-09-22	England	**Two English School Boys Plot to Blow Up High School
School Arson Incidents	Paxil	2002-04-12	Michigan	**Unusual Personality Change on Paxil Caused 15 Year Old to Set Fires inside High School
School Bomb Threat	Med For Depression	2009-06-29	Australia	**Vexed Father Makes Bomb Threat Against Elementary School
School Violence	Antidepressant	2005-11-19	Arizona	**Violent 8 Year Old GIRL Handcuffed by Police at School
School Violence	Celexa Antidepressant	2002-01-23	Florida	**Violent 8 Year-Old Boy Arrested At School
School Threat/Lockdown	Lexapro*	2008-04-18	California	**Violent High School Student Shot to Death on Campus by Police
School / Child Endangerment	Antidepressants	2008-02-27	Canada	**Wacky School Bus Driver Goes Berserk: Also Involved Painkillers
School Violence	Paxil	2004-10-23	Washington DC	**Young Boy, 10 Year Old, Has Violent Incidents at School
School Threat	Wellbutrin Antidepressant	2007-04-24	Tennessee	**Young Boy, 12, Threatens to Shoot Others at School
School Hostage Situation	Med for Depression	2006-03-09	France	**Young Ex-Teacher Holds 21 Students Hostage
School Shooting/Suicide	Celexa	2002-10-07	Texas	**Young Girl [13 Years Old] Kills Self at School With a Gun
School Hostage Situation	Paxil	2001-10-12	North Carolina	**Young Man Holds Three People Hostage in Duke University President’s Office
School Murder Attempt	Med For Depression	1995-03-04	California	**Young Woman Deliberately Hits 3 Kids with Her Car at Elementary School: Laughed During Attack

**	Indicates a school shooting or school incident.
*	Indicates a legal case won using SSRI defense.
++	Indicates an important journal article.
+	Indicates a highly publicized case.
num	An age < 25 covered by FDA black box for suicide.