THE horrific, shocking and saddening events that occurred in Munich are, on first inspection, unbelievable and beyond comprehension (Obsessed by mass shootings… teen carried out Munich massacre five years to the day after Brevik atrocity). How could Ali David Sonboly carry out such a senseless violent act?
While there is never one simple explanation for what drives a person to commit such unspeakable acts, one common denominator all too often surfaces in many of these cases - prescribed psychiatric drugs which are documented to cause mania, psychosis, violence, suicide and in some cases, homicidal ideation.
For decades, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) has investigated numerous similar acts of senseless violence and, as the updates continue to come through on the Munich tragedy, it has been revealed the gunman was receiving psychiatric ‘treatment’.
In today’s society, the ‘treatment’ being dished out by psychiatrists and doctors are psychiatric drugs, especially antidepressants. Following the Munich tragedy, it is likely the psychiatric and Big Pharma spin doctors will be doing all they can to exercise damage control.
While there are those who are quick to tout the need for more mental health treatment and more government funding to ‘prevent’ these tragedies, it appears those parties are not as interested in asking questions that uncover the psychiatric drug connection. It is therefore important to ask the right question: what, if any, psychiatric drugs was the shooter on?
Such a question might even provide an answer that will ultimately prevent this kind of senseless violence from continuing to occur in the future.
Brian Daniels
National Spokesperson, Citizens Commission on Human Rights
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