One of the earliest workplace shootings had an unlikely suspect: Prozac

When bosses placed him on medical leave for his mental health issues, Wesbecker threatened violence against his fellow employees. Less than a month before the shooting, the 47-year-old was prescribed Prozac.

. A Newsweek cover story in 1990 focused on “The Promise of Prozac,” heralding it as a “breakthrough drug for depression.”Today, millions of people take the medication — including generically as fluoxetine — for beneficial treatment of depression, anxiety, panic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and other conditions. But according to one employee at the Louisville printing plant, Wesbecker had problems with the drug.

On the morning of Sept. 14, 1989, Wesbecker entered the Standard Gravure building with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. In less than 30 minutes, he killed employees Richard Barger, Kenneth Fentress, William Ganote, James Husband, Sharon Needy, Paul Sallee, Lloyd White and James F. Wible Sr. He shot Campbell six times and wounded 11 other people, including Jacquie Miller, who was shot four times, and John Stein, who suffered permanent paralysis from a bullet to the head.

Fun fact: 100% of serial killers have committed murder in the span of a week after drinking water. Correlation isn’t causation

Crazy trans woman taking “gender affirming healthcare hormones and blockers” shoots up Christian school in vengeance murders and the case gets rerouted as a gun control issue. Have a Bud Light and chill.

It’s because they were totally nonfunctional before Prozac and Prozac allowed them to function enough to do something terrible. Not the Prozac’s fault

There were 2 articles in The Guardian - 1999 and 2000 on these ADV reactions to Prozac. Eli Lilly has been aware of suicidal and homicidal effects on some ppl taking or withdrawing from this drug for decades. WAY past time to investigate.

oh great, stigmatize mental illness. that should end well.

Nothing to do with big pharma having more money than mass shooters, is it?

running out of current shootings to exploit? nm that... just use one that's over 30yrs old

People need medication *because* they’re already struggling with their mental health.

More psych meds today=more shootings. Huh

The access to a gun might have played a bigger role.

GEE! Ya THINK?

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