Jeff Weise, the Red Lake Indian Reservation, a school shooting and alcoholism
Alcoholic Myth-of-the-Month: Anything but alcoholism
"Family wonders if Prozac led to shootingâ€
So said the headline describing the "sleepless search for answers" by the family of Jeff Weise, the teen who killed nine at his school in Red Lake, Minnesota, and then himself. They are wondering about the drugs prescribed for Weise's depression.
While we cannot rule out the possibility that Prozac can lead to erratic and dangerous behaviors, there is far more obvious cause. Most massacres have been fueled by alcohol and other drugs. The massacre of the Nepalese Royal Family in 2001, which set off several days of rioting in the Himalayan kingdom, was fueled by a cocaine and alcohol binge by Crown Prince Dipendra. The Columbine High School massacre, reportedly ...
