Jaxvid, that's the truth but why is it so hard for most of the white US population to understand that blacks are extremely violent? Why do the gullible whites believe that white oppression is the reason for black violence rates?
most people where I live seem to understand it, even if its mostly behind closed doors. It seems like this should be the case for Whites who live around other cities with a large black population like Atlanta, Detroit, even Chicago. I know its a little different with Atlanta, most of the blacks live in a certain part of town it seemed, at least the worst of them. In New Orleans you can have million dollar homes and the ghetto only 7 or 8 blocks away. I mean where Peyton Manning grew up wasn't that far from the Magnolia projects, (gone since Katrina) and leading up to the projects it starts to get bad well before you get to one of course, I am talking like 4 to 5 streets away from St Charles, while the left side of St Charles (coming from downtown) are extremely nice houses. Only a few streets outside of the French Quarter you have the Iberville projects. Maybe having to live so close to the bad elements makes it different here, but I don't know how people from those cities think.
As far as medications, yes people are given too many medications. If you have a kid who acts up, its not hard to get him on ritalin or adderall, both are similar to speed, well adderall is the closest being that it is actually made of 4 different types of amphetamine salts. I think I read somewhere that these kids are more likely to be drug addicts later in life. These types of drugs spike dopamine temporarily, but tolerance builds, dopamine decreases, it can cause problems with the person. Working with those who suffer from addiction, I know a good deal of crack addicts seem to have psychosis, and its not always clear what came first, the psychosis leading to crack addiction or crack addiction leading to psychosis. I know crack addiction is on the extreme end, but the drug does the same thing as these prescribed medications, just on a stronger level. Id imagine being on this since a child cannot have a positive outcome.
Now with the newer drugs like SSRI's (anti depressants) things are much more complex. I really don't see any benefits from taking them, at least the average person with minor depression (a majority of people prescribed them fall in this category). The idea is that you overload the brain with serotonin so you don't feel depressed. People are meant to feel ups and downs. I mean from my understanding, they stop serotonin from being released, which I believe causes us to feel "happy". MDMA which many people take to feel great for a brief period (if anyone remembers back in the 90's all of those happy go lucky raver ****), releases a crap ton of serotonin in your brain all at once, and I have read that the drug really doesn't work when taking an SSRI. Of course your serotonin gets depleted over time if you take MDMA causing depression, it leads me to wonder, how do you feel happy while on an SSRI? most people say they feel no downs, but no ups. Many people that are taking ONLY ANTI DEPRESSANTS, do not really need to be taking medication. I did not want my wife taking an SSRI, even for a short period but we wound up agreeing that she take a lower dose than prescribed, and it still led to a seizure, and I saw no benefits in the brief period she took them, she feels worse now after getting off. My solution to those with depression, take 5-htp, its the precursor to serotonin, and it leads to an increase in the brain. You could take tryptophan (which is found in meat at small doses) but I think only half of it gets converted to serotonin, and the other half, I forget what, but at high doses causes negative side effects, most of 5-htp gets converted to serotonin, which some of converts to melatonin, regulating sleep. Its a natural alternative without the weird side effects. Of course there is more to feeling happy than serotonin, there is dopamine, endorphins etc, but can be achieved with a good diet and exercise.
Now if a person has bi polar, any type of schizophrenia, even if its a mild schizoaffective disorder then they need to be on medications, anti psychotics combined with anti depressants. SSRI withdrawal can cause physical symptoms comparable to that of opioids, I'd imagine not as intense but they have one added feature, BRAIN ZAPS. Never had it because never taken an SSRI but can't imagine that feeling very good, and looking from the list Werewolf posted many crimes were committed while withdrawing from SSRI's. The doctors don't tell you this addiction (not simply dependency) will happen when they get you on it. Any minor thing you have can wind up with being prescribed medication. Most people trust their doctors, they think they always have your best interest in mind and know better than you. Yes many probably do know a great deal, but I have met quite a few quack doctors. My last recent doctor swears to have graduated from Harvard but looking him up, not so, not even close. He, like many others, can't tell you how many of these drugs work, drugs that they prescribe frequently. Have anxiety, take a benzo like valium, klonopin or xanax, all drugs like them cause terrible withdrawal when you quit, not to mention problems with memory while on them. The instructions say do not take more than a few weeks, yet they will keep you on them for months, if not years. They want us to be dependent on THEIR drugs. The pharmacutical industry is big, and they have a lot of money. Doctors get perks for prescribing the newest drug on the market. Just stay away from the newest drug, Lyrica. Supposed to work great for pain and a bunch of other things, but can actually cause mutations in your sperm from what I have read. Pretty much all of these drugs decrease sperm count and lower the sex drive.
Im sorry but SRRI's by themselves are not going to stop any type of crime. Only anti psychotics will stop those who are seriously mentally ill from harming others, and even those fail at times. They really haven't advanced that far in treating those with serious mental illness, the main idea is to keep them sedated and not sedated in "fun" sense. Many schizophrenics I have talked to still hear voices on those meds, they are just more lethargic. Most anti pyschotics are primarily dopamine antagonists, and some others are serotonin antagonists as well. Those with MAJOR depression should be on anti depressants like an SSRI but should probably be on some anti psychotic, maybe a mild one like Abilify, which is now being marketed as an anti depressant but is also an anti psychotic. The idea that we should dope up anybody who may have a minor problem is absurd. SSRI's are simply anti depressants and most people who take them do not have serious problems. There have been studies that shown those who are severely depressed and those who have committed suicide have a higher number of 5ht2a receptors than regular people. I don't know if there is way to test for that if the person is alive, because the the study was done on dead people. Either way, the only way to treat that would be an atypical anti pyschotic that is a serotonin antagonist, not simply a Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Its not that hard to tell minor depression from very serious depression in most people. Major depression can stop people from getting out of bed, increased pain etc not simply "feeling blue". Now I don't know if everyone on that list that werewolf provided was simply on an SSRI, or if they were on that combined with an anti pyschotic for some other illness, but it is known that ssris can cause an increase of suicidal thoughts/behavior but its usually associated with the first 4 to 6 weeks of starting the medication. I think also higher among those younger than 25.
Now as far as the media giving it more attention than Columbine or Virginia Tech, I can kind of see why, since it was little kids. But wasn't the shooting at the Amish school a bunch of little kids ages 6 to 13? I guess nobody give a damn about THOSE kids, leading me to wonder, do people really care about these kids that got killed? or does it hit close to home because they are worried something might happen to their own children?