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Originally Posted by middle-aged mom
Psychiatric Drugs- Most sensational mass shooters were not under the influence at the time of the shooting. Perhaps if some of them had been, they may not have engaged in mass shooting. The Las Vegas mass shooter had been prescribed a low dose generic form of Valium, one of the most prescribed medications in the world.
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry published a study titled, “Benzodiazepine Use and Aggressive Behavior.” The authors wrote: “It appears that benzodiazepine use is moderately associated with subsequent aggressive behavior.”
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More than one in eight U.S. adults (12.6 percent) used
benzodiazepines in the past year, up from previous reports.
With so many people taking benzos now even if only 0.01% became aggressive on that means several thousand people are going to get aggressive on them. It's probably less common than SSRI rage from my observations at the hospital. I never saw someone who went nuts on benzos, just SSRIs.