Anti-malarial drug linked to Afghan massacre a long time ago

What the hell is going on when reports do not research what they report on? Here is one more case of that.

MARCH 26, 2012 CNN reported Military Scrambles To Limit Malaria Drug Just After Afghanistan Massacre

That isn't the problem, even though reports on this drug go way back.

VA issued warning on Lariam in 2004

Spc. Adam Kuligowski's problems began because he couldn't sleep, April 2010

Army curbs prescriptions of anti-malaria drug Mefloquine NOVEMBER 20, 2011 and this one the same month. After four decades of use, the U.S. Army is banning the use of mefloquine (an anti-malaria drug) because of side effects.

Is Mefloquine the new Agent Orange? from August 2012

This report claims that it is "new information" but it isn't.

Anti-malarial drug linked to Afghan massacre
Soldier was taking mefloquine when he killed 16 civilians, report indicates
By Patricia Kime
Staff writer
Jul. 13, 2013

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.

■ And new evidence suggests he was prescribed an anti-malaria drug known to cause hallucinations, aggression and psychotic behavior in some patients.
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