OUR PIECE on the possible connection between prescription behavioral drugs and mass slayings stirred up a lot of correspondence pro and con, with the latter missing a key point: we didn't blame the drugs, we blamed officials for not investigating their possible role and the media for ignoring it. As we pointed out, a drug that works for a million people but causes violence or suicide in just one percent means 10,000 people who could kill themselves or others.
Speaking of which. . .
ABC NEWS - It was the first, anguished thought that sprung to the mind of the mother of the Omaha mall sniper Robert Hawkins when she realized her son was the killer. . . Rodriguez said her son's life had been a challenge from the start. She divorced Hawkins' father when the boy was 3-years-old, she said, and by 5 he was taking prescription Ritalin and Zoloft. . .
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