By Kelly Patricia O’Meara
March 15, 2013
Click image to read the official toxicology records request to Connecticut Medical Examiner, H. Wayne Carver II, M.D.
While state and federal lawmakers frantically push for massive mental health reform and sweeping gun control laws, two Connecticut mothers recently took to the streets of Newtown, connecting with local residents and gathering signatures on a petition that asks a simple but essential question—did prescription psychiatric drugs play a role in the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting?
Seems like an easy and obvious question that, remarkably, has escaped the consideration of legislators who seem hell-bent on legislating increased mental health services without first having all the necessary information to make thoughtful, fact-based decisions.
Sheila Matthews, co-founder of AbleChild, a national parents’ rights organization, and Newtown resident, Patricia Sabato, went one-on-one with local residents to collect hundreds of signatures requesting the release of the complete autopsy/toxicology results and medical/psychiatric records of alleged shooter, Adam Lanza.
To back up the need for full disclosure of Lanza’s records, the petition points out certain undisputed facts, such as, at least 31 school shootings and/or school-related acts of violence have been committed by those taking or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs resulting in 162 wounded and 72 killed.
As the co-founder of the National Parent’s Rights organization, AbleChild, Sheila Matthews has made numerous national TV appearances on CNN, NBC and FOX National News.
The Petition further points out that 22 international drug regulatory warnings have been issued on psychiatric drugs causing violent behavior, including mania, psychosis and homicidal ideation. Additionally, between 2004-2011, there were nearly 13,000 reports to the FDA’s MedWatch system of psychiatric drugs causing violent side effects, including homicide, mania and aggressive behavior.
Both Matthews and Sabato were gratified by the community’s support. “The vast majority of the people were really supportive of our efforts,” says Matthews. “They were really engaged,” continued Matthews, “and they wanted, and felt like, they had a right to know if Lanza was on drugs.”
Sabato mimics Matthews’ sentiments. “A lot of people,” says Sabato, “actually congratulated us for doing the petition.” “The people of Newtown,” explains Sabato, “know there is more to this story and, though they are tired of hearing Lanza’s name, they still want to know everything that may have played a part in his actions.”
Sheila Matthews with former Congressman Ron Paul, who stated, “Too many children are suffering from being prescribed psychotropic drugs for nothing more than children’s typical rambunctious behavior.”
The mothers sent the petition to lawmakers and hand-delivered a letter to the State’s Medical Examiner, H. Wayne Carver II, M.D., requesting that Lanza’s autopsy/toxicology and medical/psychiatric history be publicly released. The request literally cites two full pages of federal and state law supporting the request.
Despite the fact that, under Connecticut law, Carver is statutorily required to respond to the request, to date, the Medical Examiner has refused to even acknowledge receipt of the request, let alone release the requested information.
Certainly there are a number of questions that come to mind as to why the Coroner would refuse to release the information, but interfering with the on-going criminal investigation is not one of them.
In fact, Carver already has released selective information about Lanza’s autopsy, which begs the question – what is in the autopsy that obviously has put the Medical Examiner on the wrong side of Connecticut law and the wishes of Newtown residents?
In the end, it’s a simple question posed by those who lived through the nightmare. Was Adam Lanza on or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs at the time of the shooting? The information is available. What’s the secret?
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Kelly Patricia O’Meara is an award winning investigative reporter for the Washington Times, Insight Magazine, penning dozens of articles exposing the fraud of psychiatric diagnosis and the dangers of the psychiatric drugs – including her ground-breaking 1999 cover story, Guns & Doses, exposing the link between psychiatric drugs and acts of senseless violence. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed book, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills that Kill. Prior to working as an investigative journalist, O’Meara spent sixteen years on Capitol Hill as a congressional staffer to four Members of Congress. She holds a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Maryland.
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Probably being silenced by drug companies. They have a lot of power. One example, CVS Caremark is requiring 90 day mail order on controlled substances like Adderall, Ritalin, and other mental health meds. Not sure how they got the DEA to go along with that bad idea. Addicts and dealers can sneak into mail trucks and shake unmarked boxes. Patients now are at the mercy of the postal service (and the weather) instead of trained pharmacists. Think about what happens when someone like Lanza or a violent sociopath has to go cold turkey because the meds are held up in a postal station or freight depot. Who’s liable for the carnage?
It is well documented and proven that psychiatric drugs causes a biochemical change in a person resulting in a mental condition that did not exist prior. This fuels a market for the mental health profession, the drug company’s and yes the goverment and anyone else who indirectly or directly profits from this criminal activity.
The goverment does not follow up on reports of abuse which they are legally responsibile to for a few reasons. The first reason is billions of tax payers money is used via the goverment for so-called mental health treatments and the goverment can use the tax payers money rolling in for whatever way they see fit. It pays at the top to those who know how to look after their friends.
There is a glipness surrounding the subject of mental health that brings about stupidy on the subject. The goverment and the public are buying in to all these terms of meantal illness without having any idea of what they talking about or what these conditions really are or are not.
The truth is a person is being injured by these drugs and the public need to hold those accoutable who are suppose to protect the public from those doing the harm.
The Doctors, The goverment and any one else who supoorts this madness should be taken to court. When will a wave of people start standing up for their rights and do something about.
I new this lady who was pregnant and I was giving regular reflexology treatments. She had a son grew up to 16 years of age. She put him on Psyche drugs and I made it clear to her that if she does her son may very well commit suicide. She would not listen and not longer after her son went to a bridge an jumbed over and his body was never found.
You have a choice to save lives but will you act.
Stop requesting disclosure and demand it, if Carver refuses, find a way to lock him up.
It obvious this medical examiner is being paid off tons or he is afraid for his life. Keep pushing, they cant evade forever.
If “under Connecticut law, Carver is statutorily required to respond to the request,” and “to date, the Medical Examiner has refused to even acknowledge receipt of the request, let alone release the requested information.” sue him!, take him to court; by refusing to release the information, he stepped over the line, and is now breaking the law…
Next step, you ladies need to get all those hundreds who signed the petition to get together, wait for Carver and demand a reply… Give him 24, 48 hours… if he does not, get the lawyers to move!
Ask Obama to intercede, and order Carver to reply! Oh, wait… that might not be a good idea, after all… Mr. O. may order him to release a fake document, and even help him forge it…
Stand up America, you are still a great country!
That this Medical Examiner seems to choose to “protect the rights” of a killer – now dead by suicide – rather than to abide by any all steps to duly investigate, and so prevent further incidents – in this matter. This is failing to perform his responsibility as a government agent, and instead is protecting a criminal, rather than the innocent victims, and possible future victims of such killings, which are escalating in DIRECT PROPORTION to the amount of psych drugs prescribed to children and adults. (All killing sprees in the last two decades were by people being “treated” with psychotropic drugs having FDA documented side effects of violence towards others and self.)
Excellent article, thank-you to CCHR and the author for getting this information out. I want to thank Shelia and Patricia at Able Child as well for their dedication and bringing light to this issue. What’s the secret? It’s almost certain there was some mind altering medications involved here. The question now remains is what meds or combination of medications were involved? Business Insider was one of the first mainstream outlets to report that Adam was taking the Anti-Psychotic Fanapt,which was a false rumor put out by a released federal medical prisoner claiming to be Adam’s uncle.
“The big secret: 10% of Caucasians are non metabolizers of 50% of the current psyche drugs. Also all white males and all people under 26 years of age have an immature detox pathway, namely Cytochrome P450 2D6 and therefore cannot rid the system of the drugs. They become increasingly psychotic.”E.D. For further insight into the fact that medications most certainly played a role in this tragic incident see the PBS FRONTLINE report, “Raising Adam Lanza.” It promotes the official story of what happened but the fact that meds were involved can not be overlooked in this piece. Furthermore, what seems to be being overlooked is what role to vaccines have in Autism related disorders?
This is sickening if the toxicology results come back that the shootings were caused by psychiatric medication(s). It seems like they’re handed out like sweets but they’re not sweets, they are powerful mind altering drugs. I remember being on venlofaxine, anti depressants and they were lethal for me. At the beginning i felt great on them but after a few months i had thoughts of suicide. I felt like i didn’t care about myself or anyone else, which isn’t me. If my mother hadn’t come around to my flat i would definitely have topped myself.
I’ve been on over 30 psych medications. None worked the side effects were too severe
To continue taking them. So I stopped for awhile them returned to a place in Marietta GA
I can’t remember the name of this medication but it made me well up with anger so fast. It wasn’t long before I wanted to do the worst to anyone so I stopped those to. Currently I manage my own situation with herbs and relaxation. Its takes but there’s no side effects and I don’t want to hurt anyone. Its a pitch that these pills are pushed for financial gain and keep legal system I business. GREED HAS GONE TOO FAR AND ITS SICKENING THAT AMERICA HAS STOOPED TO THIS LEVEL. TO MAKE IT OM TO GIVE KIDS PILLS TO CALM DOWM. THEY’RE KIDS FOR CHRIST SAKE! GO MAKE YOUR MONEY SOMEPLACE ELSE. WE SHOULDNT BE USED TO FUND THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL ESTABLISHMENTS!
Dear government,
Why is this happening? Why is this happening??????? Why WOULDN’T they send out his toxicology report?
Whitney Houston had hers published, Michael Jackson, etc. etc. etc. It is our RIGHT to know.
Whitney or Michael didn’t kill a bunch of people.