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“No pain, no gain” might soon be revised to read: No pain, ill gain.
Rebekah Marcarelli of HNGN
reports on a study which shows that “certain drugs bring out homicidal behavior” by weakening impulse control and interfering with emotional processing.
These drugs include commonly-prescribed painkillers, antidepressants and “tranquillizing benzodiazepines.”
The elevated risk of homicide in some of these cases has been deemed significant.
This study from the University of Eastern Finland “looked at the prescription drug use of 959 individuals convicted of a homicide.” Results were uncomfortably startling.
After other factors were controlled, “antidepressants were linked to a 31 percent increased risk of homicide,” benzodiazepines to a 45 percent, opiate painkillers to a 92 percent, and anti-inflammatory painkillers to a 206 percent.
Pain, of course, is a part of life that we all must struggle with. Researching
safe, and even beneficial, ways of processing such pain can be an important part of the spiritual journey.
Resources
http://www.hngn.com/articles/97616/20150602/painkillers-could-lead-to-murder-study-shows-certain-drugs-bring-out-homicidal-behaviour.htm
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