A lifelong friend of the man who killed 26 people and wounded 20
others at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas on
Sunday says the killer was a lifetime taker of behavioral medications.
Ralph
Martinez told The Daily Mail that he and the killer met at a skateboard
park when they were youngsters and formed an immediate bond that lasted
until the murderer was convicted of abusing his wife and son.
According
The Daily Mail:
Martinez said he had a lot in common, both of them were super-hyper active.
Martinez
says he took prescription medicine for his ADHD until he was 19 and
Devin took prescription pills for the same thing for as long as he can
remember.
And:
For Kelley’s 21st
birthday Martinez flew out to New Mexico with his girlfriend, where they
spent a long weekend with Devin and Tessa where they were living at the
time.
‘While we were in New Mexico at one point my girlfriend saw
some prescription pill bottles in their kitchen and asked Tessa what
they were for,’ said Martinez.
‘Tessa said that they were Devin’s
prescription pills that he needs to take them for his aggression. Tessa
didn’t say anything more about it.
This is certainly no surprise to those of us who have spent years following these things. Psychotropic drugs is a
common denominator in all mass shootings.
Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes, Columbine killer Eric
Harris, Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza and almost every other mass
murdering young killers — if not every one of them — were on some type
of psychotropic drugs when they committed their crimes.
According
to a study published in the journal PLoS One and based on the FDA’s
Adverse Event Reporting System, the following mind-altering drugs are
most frequently linked to violence:
10. Desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) is an antidepressant associated with 7.9 times more violence than many other drugs.
9.
Venlafaxine (Effexor) is related to Pristiq and is an antidepressant
also used in treating those with anxiety disorders. Effexor is 8.3 times
more associated with violent behavior than other drugs.
8.
Fluvoxamine (Luvox) is an antidepressant that affects serotonin (SSRI),
and is 8.4 times more likely to be linked to violence than other
medications.
7. Triazolam (Halcion) can be addictive and is a
benzodiazepine that supposedly treats insomnia. It’s 8.7 times more
likely to be associated with violence than other medications.
6. Atomoxetine (Strattera) is often prescribed to tread ADHD and is 9 times more likely to be associated with violence.
5.
Mefoquine (Lariam) treats malaria and sometimes products bizarre
behavior, and is 9.5 times more likely to be linked to violence.
4.
Amphetamines come in many forms and are often used to treat ADHD (even
to children not diagnosed with ADHD). They are 9.6 times more likely to
be linked to violence.
3. Paroxetine (Paxil) is an SSRI (selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant. Many users experience
severe withdrawal symptoms and are more likely to produce children with
birth defects as well as 10.3 times more likely to be linked to violence
than other medications.
2. Fluoxetine (Prozac) is a household
name for a powerful SSRI antidepressant linked with 10.9 times more
violence than other drugs.
1. Varenicline (Chantix) is
administered to smokers to supposedly help curb cigarette cravings, but
it’s a whopping 18 times more likely to be linked to violent behavior
than other drugs.
These drugs are prescribed to children diagnosed
with depression, anxiety, anger issues, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD, attention deficit disorder (ADD), and autism spectrum
disorders for educational and/or behavioral problems.
Today, more
than 10 million American children are prescribed addictive stimulants,
antidepressants and psychotropic drugs even though these drugs carry and
FDA “black-box” warning that they can cause suicide in children and
adolescents. The drugs are Schedule II drugs, meaning they are in the
same class as morphine, opium and cocaine.
A recent U.S. report
found that 10 percent of teens abuse Ritalin and another stimulant drug,
Adderall. Eight out of 13 school shooters in the U.S. were taking
antidepressants or stimulants at the time of the crime.
Of course,
as is always the case with orthodox medicine, the “cure” is worse than
the disease. It’s also just more symptomology – treating the symptoms
rather than the cause.
Increased exposure to sugar and chemicals
in our foods, clothing and environment is behind the growing number of
cases of reduced attention span, delayed development and poor school
performance in schoolchildren and the rise in cancers of all types. And
all are added under government sanction if not government mandate.
Most
foods and drinks marketed to kids are loaded with excess sugar.
Researchers at Queensland University of Technology have found that
long-term excess sugar consumption reduces dopamine levels and causes a
reduction in the brain’s dopamine receptors. This study reinforces a
study by a cardiovascular research scientist at St. Luke’s Mid-American
Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, that found that rats hooked on
cocaine will choose sugar over cocaine once it’s introduced as an
option.
Dopamine is the neurotransmitter that helps to control he
brain’s reward and pleasure centers. It helps regulate movement and
emotional responses, and it enables us to see rewards and move to attain
them.
When dopamine levels drop as a result of long-term
consumption of sugar, the brain requires ever-higher levels of sugar
consumption to reach the same rewards levels and avoid mild states of
depression. Drugs like cocaine, morphine and nicotine are addictive for
the same reason – their effect on dopamine levels.
“You get this
intense release of dopamine upon acute ingestion of sugar. After you
chronically consume it, those dopamine receptors start becoming
down-regulated — there’s less of them, and they’re less responsive,”
said James DiNicolantonio, the researcher who conducted the study at St.
Luke’s. “That can lead to ADHD-like symptoms … but it can also lead to a
mild state of depression because we know that dopamine is that reward
neurotransmitter.”
Sodium fluoride is added to most American
drinking water. American dentists recommend using fluoride toothpaste.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls fluoride one of the
“ten greatest public health achievements of the 20th Century.”
They
don’t tell you it is a poisonous pesticide and industrial waste
product. Just a half tube of the flavored toothpastes marketed to
children contains enough fluoride to kill them.
A study by the
Harvard School of Public Health and the Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai and published in The Lancet Neurology lists fluoride as one
of six newly recognized “developmental neurotoxicants,” or chemicals
that can cause brain deficits.
Fluoride and the other listed
neurotoxicants are likely behind the increase in neurodevelopmental
disabilities — including autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia — seen in children.
Other chemicals
on the new list include manganese, chlorpyrifos and DDT (pesticides),
tetrachoroethylene (a solvent) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (flame
retardants). These join chemicals identified in 2006: lead,
methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), arsenic and toluene.
Study
authors “also forecast that many more chemicals than the known dozen or
so identified as neurotoxicants contribute to a ‘silent pandemic’ of
neurobehavioral deficits that is eroding intelligence, disrupting
behaviors, and damaging societies.”
The study links manganese with
diminished intellectual function and impaired motor skills, solvents to
hyperactivity and aggressive behavior, and pesticides to cognitive
delays. Many studies have linked fluoride to low IQ in children and
adults.
So we expose our children to massive amounts of chemicals
which create neurological problems. These neurological problems are
treated with massive amounts of chemicals which cause aggressive
behaviors, suicidal thoughts and depression. Big Pharma rakes in the
dough and politicians have dead bodies over which to crow and use to
divide the people who blame guns and clamor for more gun laws for
“safety.”
Meanwhile, the source of the problem is not only ignored, it’s funded and sanctioned by government