In an interview on Fox News on May 20, the NRA’s Oliver North said perpetrators of school shootings “have been drugged in many cases . . . many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since they were in kindergarten.”
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North said, “They have been drugged in many cases . . . many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since they were in kindergarten.”
A minor percentage of school shooters studied had been medicated, not “many.” The notion that many have specifically been on the drug Ritalin since kindergarten has no factual basis. More broadly, causation has never been established between the medication and violence. We found no specific ties between ADHD medication and school shootings, either.
We rate this statement False.
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