Posted on 10/04/2017 4:36:03 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
Stephen Paddock, who killed at least 58 people and wounded hundreds more in Las Vegas on Sunday with high-powered rifles, was prescribed an anti-anxiety drug in June that can lead to aggressive behavior, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned...
Records from the Nevada Prescription Monitoring Program obtained Tuesday show Paddock was prescribed 50 10-milligram diazepam tablets by Henderson physician Dr. Steven Winkler on June 21. A woman who answered the phone at Winkler’s office would not make him available to answer questions and would neither confirm nor deny that Paddock was ever a patient.
Paddock purchased the drug — its brand name is Valium — without insurance at a Walgreens store in Reno on the same day it was prescribed. He was supposed to take one pill a day.
Diazepam is a sedative-hypnotic drug in the class of drugs known as benzodizepines, which studies have shown can trigger aggressive behavior. Chronic use or abuse of sedatives such as diazepam can also trigger psychotic experiences, according to drugabuse.com...
...A 2015 study published in World Psychiatry of 960 Finnish adults and teens convicted of homicide showed that their odds of killing were 45 percent higher during time periods when they were on benzodiazepines. A year earlier, the 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.”
Dr. Michael First, a clinical psychiatry professor at Columbia University and expert on benzodiazepines, said the Finnish study speaks for itself. But he also told the Review-Journal on Tuesday that he believes the drugs would be more likely to fuel impulsive aggression than premeditated behavior...
...The Nevada state monitoring report also noted that Winkler prescribed 50 10-milligram tablets of diazepam to Paddock in 2016...
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FWIW, during the commission of a crime, a perp can be clinically nuts and legally sane at the same time. Which is why the insanity defense works so rarely.
The only problem with this particular conspiracy theory is that the sheriff has said he shot the security guard through the door when the police finally arrived. If he was already dead, he could not have done that.
I took my ex-wife to breakfast after a minor medical procedure where the doc gave her a full Valium. I was under the distinct impression in that restaurant that everyone there looking at us was thinking that I had slipped her a roofie and was going to drag her home. She could barely sit up right and kept mumbling like a zombie and I finally had to say, “Darling, I know you wanted to eat but this just isn't your day.”
I don't see how anyone under the influence of Valium could get anything done. I will bet that he was not on Valium when he was shooting. Perhaps the state of his mind was not right due to the withdrawal symptoms of Valium.
I think this guy had cameras filming him in the room just to foil conspiracy theorists.
HOWEVER, they could be lying. We do not have the right to know everything during an investigation.
I still think the number of weapons....purchased legally....is the clue. And still thinking he had a bud killed by one of OUR Fast & Furious guns.
They want to blame Valium® (chemical name diazepam) for this?
The benzodiazepine family of drugs—Valium® (diazepam), Xanax® (alprazolam), Klonopin® (clonazepam), and several others—are one of the oldest and most time-tested class of drugs (tranquilizers) on the market.
Quite frankly, they would—except in very rare instances—tend to do the opposite of instigating "aggressive behavior".
This is absolute grasping at straws. Try again...
Well come on it wouldn’t be a mass shooting without anti anxiety meds. Its so predictable. Instead of banning guns maybe ban anti anxiety meds.
I don’t think one prescription of Valium would cause anything much. But there are so many places you can buy vast quantities of legal drugs, which can have unknown effects in large amounts. Would not be surprised if he was on a huge amount of something. And mix drugs with alcohol, and you just don’t know what can happen.
His latest photos show a man who I would immediately identify as a drunk or druggie, perhaps both. I mentioned this on an earlier thread.
Very interesting post.
Can you expand on that? Thanks.
I think Valium is Diazepam. I used to take it on overseas flights when I traveled to Asia; slept all night on plane, arrived ready to go.
I think Valium is Diazepam. I used to take it on overseas flights when I traveled to Asia; slept all night on plane, arrived ready to go.
I take the same thing when my back is completely whacked. Only it puts me to sleep...
Excellent comment. I have been posting all over the place that shooter looked like an alcoholic and/or addict. Also, he had one legal prescription for Valium but w ho knows how many illegal drugs in his system. All too easy to get prescription drugs by the bagful, sometimes from unscrupulous docs who have "pain management" storefront practices. Have seen them in Miami, would not be surprised if they are all over LV too.
Plus, the guy just looked like an alcoholic/addict. I can spot them a mile away.
Apparently the security guard on the 32nd floor was shot some time before the police arrived and broke down the door.
Your conspiracy theory is back on.
That is the first plausible theory I've read.
Yeah, everything bad that happens is always somebody else’s fault.
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