We are devastated by senseless acts of violence; we are even more shocked when children and teens commit these acts. We ask, “How could this happen?”

Did you know that:

• Eight out of 13 U.S. school shootings were committed by teens taking psychotropic drugs known to cause violent and suicidal behavior.

• At least five teens responsible for school massacres had undergone a psychiatric program called “anger management” or other psychological behavior modification programs such as “death education.”

• For decades, schools around the world have used “death education,” a psychological experiment in which the children are made to discuss suicide, what they would like placed in their coffins, and made to write their own epitaphs in an effort to “get kids more comfortable with death.” Anger management aims at stopping aggressive or violent behavior but virtually no reliable information exists to prove it can eliminate the problem. In one class, a boy beat up a classmate so badly that six days later the boy was still in the hospital.

• 18-year-old Eric Harris (right) and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold took “anger management,” “death education” and psychiatric drugs. As students at Columbine High School, Colorado, they were asked to imagine their own death. After that “exercise” Harris had a dream where he and Klebold went on a shooting rampage in a shopping center. In addition to attending these classes, Harris was taking an antidepressant drug known to cause violent behavior. He even wrote about his killing spree dream and handed it in to the psychology teacher. Not long after, Harris and Klebold acted out the dream by shooting and killing 12 students and a teacher, and wounding 23 others.

• On May 21, 1998, in Oregon, USA, 14-year-old Kip Kinkel shot and killed his parents and then went on a wild shooting spree at his high school, which left two dead and 22 injured. He was taking a psychiatric drug and had undergone a psychological “anger management” program.

• April 16, 1999: Notus, Idaho: 15-year-old Shawn Cooper fired two shotgun rounds in his school narrowly missing students; he was taking a mix of antidepressants.

• May 20, 1999, Conyers, Georgia: 15-year-old T.J. Solomon was being treated with a mix of antidepressants when he opened fire on and wounded six of his classmates.

• March 7, 2000, Williamsport, Pennsylvania: 14-year-old Elizabeth Bush was on the antidepressant Prozac when she blasted away at fellow students wounding one.

• March 22, 2001, El Cajon, California: 18-year-old Jason Hoffman was on two antidepressants, Effexor and Celexa, when he opened fire at his high school, wounding five. Hoffman had also undergone an “anger management” program.

• April 10, 2001: Wahluke, Washington: 16-year-old Cory Baadsgaard took a rifle to his high school, and held 23 classmates and a teacher hostage. Cory had been on a high dose of an antidepressant.

Update-June 25, 2006: On Wednesday June 14, 2006 Jay Baadsgaard, the father of Corey Baadsgaard adds the following update to the above report...

My name is Jay Baadsgaard, Corey Baadsgaard is my son. I noticed that you have his story on your site under School Violence. I wish to add to the story. Corey was abruptly discontinued off Paxil and onto a rising dose of Effexor, which reached 300mgs on the very day that he went into school with the rifle. Corey still has no memory of that day. Corey is now represented by Andy Vickery along with nine other families impacted by Effexor.

You can find the complaint at www.justiceseekers.com

Do you know that on the new package insert for Effexor
XR it now mentions homicidal ideation as a possible side effect. It is on page 36 under Nervous System on the Wyeth Pharmachutical website.
I have also included the medication guide which on page 2 warns to watch for aggression, anger and violence.

Keep up the good work. Corey is doing great
considering where he was 5 years ago.

Jay Baadsgaard
Washington State Director for the
International Coalition for Drug Awareness
www.drugawareness.org

• March 21, 2005: 16-year-old Native American school shooter Jeff Weise was the 8th school shooter who had been taking a mind-altering antidepressant. He killed 9 people, injured about 10 others before shooting himself.