Anti-malarial drug linked to Afghan massacre

[Locutus]

via Fark:


Sgt. Bales, the killer of 16 Afghan civilians, had been issued a malaria drug not supposed to be used by those with traumatic brain injury (which Bales had) lest it cause homicidal episodes


In less than a month, Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be sentenced for the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians in March 2012.
His attorney, John Henry Browne, has not publicly disclosed whether he will use a mental health defense to fight for a parole-eligible sentence.

But an argument could be made that Bales, 40, was out of his mind:

■ He was treated for a traumatic brain injury resulting from a rollover accident in 2010 and possibly had post-traumatic stress disorder.
■ He admitted to using steroids, which can cause aggression and violence.




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Anti-malarial drug linked to Afghan massacre | Army Times | armytimes.com

 

[Ron in Regina]

The Anti-malarial drugs can be very freaky.

I've a Buddy that works overseas through Africa & Asia & Eastern Europe
& through much of Russia, etc...who's taken a couple of different Anti-malarial
drugs (One banned in Canada but issued in Brittan, and another banned in Brittan
but issued in Canada, ect...) and he won't take either at this point now, claiming that
he'd rather roll the dice and possibly get Malaria then take either drug.

This guy is a level headed & balanced man, who had horrible nightmares and thoughts
of suicide (& other darker thoughts) while taking these drugs. He never had these before
or after stopping the Anti-malarial meds.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Without reading the link. Was it methloquin

 

[Goober]

Same drug that Canadian Soldiers used in Somalia. The evidence is clear- It can send you off the deep end.