Tuscon Massacre, and Anti-Psychotic Drugs

In the aftermath of the Tuscon Massacre, besides all of the partisan political huffing and puffing, there is a new "friendliness" in attitude towards legally prescribed psychotropic drugs.

This issue has been in the popular media well before this incident. I can think of several episodes of the TV series "Law and Order," making hay of some poor wretch being "off his meds," committing one or more heinous crimes. The implication is that the crime would not have been commited, that the "perp" would not be a "perp," but instead be reasonably happy and productive. Really?

Check out my last blog, about the ten legally prescribed drugs that are linked to violence. One of these drugs on the list, Luvox, was take by the infamous Columbine shooters. Two aren't even psych drugs, per se. One is for malaria, Larium, and the other is to stop smoking, Chantix. Now the latter drug does work upon a huge chunk of the nervous system.

So consider that some, perhaps many, drugs will foster violence instead of preventing it. \

More tomorrow. Make sure to "tune in." (That leaves out "turning on" and "dropping out." That stuff has caused enough damage.)

Don Harte, D.C.
Corte Madera Straight Chiropractor
Slayer of Subluxation
(Can I say "slayer" in this new "climate of civility?")

Top 10 LEGAL Drugs Linked to Violence

This article was just sent to me. AMAZING! Paxil, Ritalin, Prozac, even the new "wonder drug" to stop smoking, Chantix.

But, then, it's not amazing when you stop and think how drugs can effect the brain. Of course, "medical science" (sometimes an oxymoron) really has no good idea how their drugs actually work in the brain. There are theories. There are short-term studies, for drugs that are meant to be used on a very long-term basis. You sometimes see the cute little molecular cartoons in the TV ads. But they really don't know.

They know even less what these drugs to to the developing brains of children. PARENTS OF MARIN: Heed this warning. Just because The Doctor, the pediatrician, prescribes something for your child, it doesn't mean that it's even remotely safe.

Why not seek health, instead of fighting disease? Come. get checked. Get adjusted. Get well.

Don Harte, D.C.
Corte Madera Straight Chiropractor
Slayer of Subluxation