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21 January 2010
A recent Prozac shooting in the news here in Costa Rica (in Spanish, shooter and mother in treatment for depression) reminded me of how little attention the association between SSRI drugs and violence gets in the mainstream news. I was surprised to come across this report from Fox News: I hope the public is starting to get it. SSRIs are dangerous drugs with questionable efficacy and devastating, tragic side effects. Related: Dr. Tracy's Drug Awareness Website The Depresion . . . → Read More: Finally, Prozac and Friends in the News 20 May 2009
The Spanish headline in Costa Rica’s biggest daily, La Nación, registered awkwardly in my old Gringo head, “Son kills with bullets the mother and himself shoots in the head.” The mangled word order didn’t keep me from having my next thought, however, which was a result of looking into similar, though idiomatically correct, headlines in the U.S for some time now. That thought was, “They must use Prozac in Costa Rica, too.” And sure enough, the first paragraph of the La Nación article said the . . . → Read More: Dangerous Drugs 10 April 2005
Prozac was invented by the same folks who lit up my college years with LSD, the Eli Lilly Company. Interesting as the purple haze was, I would not recommend LSD to the mentally fragile or children under any circumstances nor to sane adults as anything but a risky waste of time. The actions of LSD, Prozac and the notorious PCP are remarkably similar. They all mess with serotonin metabolism, a mysterious and poorly understood area of brain function. People with too much serotonin include schizophrenics, psychopaths, the mentally retarded and Alzheimer’s victims. Those who fail to properly . . . → Read More: The Depression Racket By Hal on 10 April 2005
 Leave a comment  Drugs, Education, Essays & Articles, Fraud, War On Drugs (WOD)10 March 2005
“Lord, help me to be the man my dog thinks I am.” — A Bumper Sticker Prayer Between the ages of four and ten I lived in the Golden Age of TV Dog Worship. TV heroes in my 1950’s childhood included Neil, the lovable St. Bernard in the quirky series Topper, feisty little Asta, The Thin Man’s mascot, and Roy Roger’s Bullet. The unquestioned monarchs of TV dogdom, however, had their own shows. Lassie and Rin Tin Tin each had a series from 1954 until the end of the decade when Kennedy out-cheated Nixon and . . . → Read More: Yo Rinny! By Hal on 10 March 2005
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