Released on = September 23, 2006, 12:55 pm

Press Release Author = Citizens Commsission on Human Rights

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = 8 of the last 13 school shooters were under the influence of
psychiatric drugs at the time of the shootings

Press Release Body =
A bloody massacre this month at a Montreal college, now being called "Canada's
Columbine" by some, leaves investigators searching for an explanation. After
25-year-old Kimveer Gill wounded 20 (6 critically) and killed one, the shooter was
shot by police and subsequently shot himself in the head. Official warnings, such
as those issued by Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, reveal
violence and suicide as a dangerous risk of taking psychiatric drugs. These
warnings, and the fact that 8 of the last 13 school shooters were under the
influence of psychiatric drugs at the time of the shootings, leads one to wonder
whether the Montreal shooter was under the influence of mind-altering psychiatric
drugs.

April 29 1999: A 14 year old boy shot two children, killing one, at W.R. Myers High
School in Taber Alberta. He was student of the school who was seeing a psychiatrist
who prescribed him Dexadrine just prior to the shooting.

March 21, 2005: Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota: 16-year-old Native
American Jeff Weise, reportedly under the influence of the antidepressant
Prozac, went on a shooting rampage at home and at his school, killing nine people
and wounding five before committing suicide.

May 21, 1998: Springfield, Oregon: 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his own parents
and then proceeded to school where he opened fire on students in the cafeteria,
killing two and wounding 22. Kinkel had been on Prozac.

April 16, 1999: Notus, Idaho: 15-year-old Shawn Cooper fired two shotgun rounds in
his school narrowly missing students; he was taking a mix of antidepressants.

April 20, 1999: Columbine, Colorado: 18-year-old Eric Harris was on the
antidepressant Luvox when he and his partner Dylan Klebold killed twelve classmates
and a teacher before taking his own life in the bloodiest school massacre in
history. The coroner confirmed that the antidepressant was in his system through
toxicology reports while Dylan Klebold's autopsy was never made public.

May 20, 1999: Conyers, Georgia: 15-year-old T.J. Solomon was being treated with a
mix of antidepressants when he opened fire on and wounded 6 of his classmates.

March 7, 2000: Williamsport, Pennsylvania: 14-year-old Elizabeth Bush was on the
antidepressant Prozac when she blasted away at fellow students in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, wounding one.

March 22, 2001: El Cajon, California: 18-year-old Jason Hoffman was on two
antidepressants, Effexor and Celexa, when he opened fire at his California high
school wounding five. Hoffman had also undergone an "anger management" program.

April 10, 2001: Wahluke, Washington: 16-year-old Cory Baadsgaard took a rifle to his
high school, and held 23 classmates and a teacher hostage while on a high dose of
the antidepressant Effexor.

For a complete report on the relationship between psychiatry's drugs and violence go
to the Citizens Commission on Human Rights web site at www.cchr.org

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights was established by the Church of Scientology
to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights.

If you know anyone, including a child, who has been abused or harmed by a
psychiatrist call The Citizens Commission on Human Rights at 1 800 670 2247.
Complete confidentiality assured.



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