Michael Moore’s new movie Sicko is set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival. Information on the film has begun to leak out. Last week we reported that sick 9/11 responders were taken to Cuba for respiratory treatment they couldn’t get in the United States. We now believe Mike intends to like antidepressant drugs with school shootings. In Bowling for Columbine, Moore exposed many of the media claims to be false. It wasn’t the music, the movies, or the video games.
We were send this new video clip where Moore asks for an investigation into what pharmaceuticals the Columbine kids were on, saying “this is an extremely legitimate question to pose.” He mentions a 15 year study which says that people using Prozac are 12 times more likely to kill themselves, than people using other antidepressant drugs. He asks some good questions, and I’m sure we’ll see more about this in his upcoming film Sicko. In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings (which also had a gunman on antidepressants), this couldn’t be more timely.
Check out this video clip of Moore talking about the issue, from Gary Null’s The Drugging of our Children.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
I’ve seen part of Sicko while researching my biography Citizen Moore (RDR Books). As you might expect this film tries to explain why Americans have taken a different approach to health care than countries all over the world and how we pay for this mistake directly and indirectly. Moore himself has gone on a health kick as part of his personal regimen, losing weight, taking long walks and discussing the perils of all those McDonald’s fries he has loved over the years. Will this film become a significant part of the national health care debate? You bet. Once again he’s found corporate interests to blame for your problems and mine. No surprise there. What is surprising is the way this film takes a familiar subject and offers a humorous and entertaining analysis that is irresistible. Love him or hate him, the fact remains that he has found a way to make documentaries as popular as feature films. Even when he sidesteps the truth - i.e. leaving all his Roger Smith interviews out of Roger & Me - Moore knows how to draw a crowd. And he may save the Weinstein Company in the process.
May 26th, 2007 at 10:20 am
I have never been a big fan of Moore, however he is finally touching on a topic I have a strong interest in. Its about time the dangers of SSRI antidepressants are made public. These drugs can be extremely dangerous when used in young adults and children, causing an increased risk of suicidality and violence. This isn’t passing the buck, its exposing truth about the big Pharma scam and the consequences of our vulnerable youth. Think BLACK BOX WARNINGS!!
May 26th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Thank you for this. When I was working on Michael’s biography, Citizen
Moore, I learned that he has had a long interest in this kind of problem.
His first job was running the Davison Hotline, a drug abuse counseling and
suicide prevention program that also dealt with spousal abuse. He has had a lot of experience helping people deal with drug abuse.