Using the Pills to Confiscate the Guns: The Undeniable Link Between Psychotropic Drugs and School Shootings

The correlation between psychiatric drugs and random acts of violence and homicide is well documented as the Food and Drug Administration requires black box warnings on the inserts of psychotropic drugs with regard to their relationship to violent behavior. Also, America has seen hundreds of cases where high profile acts of mass murder which were committed by individuals under the influence of psychiatric drugs.

Our nation is united in mourning over the tragic and needless loss of life at so many schools, theaters and malls. The latest mass murder spree in Florida is only one of a long line of mass killings in which the perpetrators was on psychotropic medication. But nobody is marching in the streets on psychotropic medication.

Our nation is also divided on how to minimize similar tragedies in the future. Both myself and many others have said that America should have armed guards in its schools in order to prevent the catastrophic and further loss of life. Many liberals disagree by stating that having guns in schools, in any form, is a very bad idea.