It seems Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has set his sights on a new wild goose to chase. The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has made clear his intention to probe whether antidepressant drugs like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, can be blamed for causing mass shootings.

Last week, Kennedy announced via a post on X that he would task the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study “the long-taboo question of whether SSRIs and other psychoactive drugs contribute to mass violence.” But while more research into this topic might be worthwhile, the data so far doesn’t support a causative link, many experts say.

“SSRIs are generally safe and effective medications, and there is no overwhelming evidence that these drugs alone would cause patients who are taking the

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