US EditionRFK Jr. Targets Psychiatric Meds, Such as SSRIs, in Wake of Minneapolis Mass Shooting
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has initiated research into whether psychiatric drugs taken during gender transition contributed to the Minneapolis school shooting that killed two and wounded 17.
- On Aug. 27, Robin Westman opened fire during the first school Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, killing two children and wounding 17 before dying by suicide.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed Thursday that he ordered an inquiry and that the National Institutes of Health is launching studies into transition-related drugs' potential role.
- Records show Robin Westman legally changed his name from Robert at 17 and posted journal entries expressing regret about transitioning.
- Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. sharply criticized Kennedy's claims, saying `guns don't kill kids, antidepressants do,` while medical experts found no link to shootings and the FBI investigates the attack as terrorism.
- SSRIs and other psychiatric drugs carry label warnings about suicidal and homicidal thoughts, prescriptions have risen 66.3% among youths aged 12–25, though a 2019 research review found no causal link to school shooters.
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NEW: Investigation Launched Into Drugs Used By Trans Shooter
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced on Thursday that his office will launch an immediate investigation into medications prescribed to 23-year-old Robin Westman, the gunman in Wednesday’s shooting at a church, to determine if they contributed to his violent final act. Westman, who was found dead at Assumption Church in Minneapolis, Minn., had previously undergone a gender transition and expressed regret after…
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