John McHugh relayed the fact that Lopez was on Ambien
 

The Secretary of the Army John McHugh relayed the fact that Lopez had been given many drugs for his depression and anxiety and was on Ambien. Has anyone ever heard of the "Ambien defense"?
Keep scrolling down on this hyperlink to read about the "Ambien Zombie Phenomenon."

Not making excuses for his murderous rampage, however, not everyone tolerates psychotropic drugs very well and it appears he was on quite a cocktail of them.

Since everyone's brain chemistry is unique onto them, experimenting with all of these various prescribed psychotropic drugs as given to an already disturbed person, can quite possibly make them even worse.


http://weeksmd.com/2010/12/the-ambien-defense-getting-away-with-murder/

The Ambien Defense. Getting away with murder......
"A variety of abnormal thinking and behavior changes have been reported to occur in association with the use of sedative/hypnotics. Some of these changes may be characterized by decreased inhibition (e.g., aggressiveness and extroversion that seemed out of character), similar to effects produced by alcohol and other CNS depressants.

Visual and auditory hallucinations have been reported as well as behavioral changes such as bizarre behavior, agitation, and depersonalization. Amnesia, anxiety and other neuro-psychiatric symptoms may occur unpredictably."
Recently, a federal prosecutor was persuaded that Ambien played a role in a nationally known case involving a man who tore off his shirt and loudly threatened to kill himself and others on a flight from North Carolina to London.

Because the prosecutor did the work to consider, and eventually accept, that the behavior had occurred because of Ambien, and in an unconscious state, British businessman Sean Joyce served five days in jail instead of up to twenty years. ( Joyce had also drank two glasses of wine with the Ambien, which violates its indications). But not all prosecutors warm up to "psychological" defenses – valid or not. Rather, they view a sleepwalking defense as more like the notorious "twinkie" defense – a defendant’s ploy to evade responsibility.

http://pharmawatchcanada.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/the-elephant-in-the-room-rampage-shootings-bizarre-violence-and-prescription-drugs/

The Elephant in the Room: Rampage, Shootings, Bizarre violence and prescription drugs.

The latest.........

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/fort-hood-tragedy-article-1.1745022
The Fort Hood Tragedy