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Originally posted by TruthTellist
In my experience, The primary reason (after profits) that so many children and people in general are unnecessarily and over-medicated is to preclude them from firearms ownership.
If I prescribe an anti-psychotic, SSRI or even a benzodiazapine, that person will never be able to own a gun as they will not pass the background checks. I warn all my patients of this fact.
The firearms statutes are not uniform; they vary considerably in ownership and/or carry restrictions on the manner in which restricted individuals are defined. Prohibited persons range in various states from those who receive outpatient psychiatric treatment to persons who have been civilly committed to treatment or found not guilty by reason of insanity. Some statutes restrict individuals with a history of alcohol or substance abuse (with different criteria for inclusion in this restricted class). Others have no restrictions; therefore, the federal laws provide the only restrictions prohibiting the sale of firearms to those with a specifically defined history of mental illness and substance abuse. In states with less-restrictive statutes, federal law supersedes state statutes. The Federal Gun Control Act (2) "prohibits the transfer of any firearm to any person who...is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance, has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution." Although we cannot provide an exhaustive review of each state’s statute, the following summary will illustrate the variability.
Originally posted by TruthTellist
So in the early 1990's I started making out prescriptions to the Natural Person and not their company, and the Ontario Government eventually concurred that I was in the Right to do so.