Paddock's Drug Use?

I heard that Paddock was a user of Valium and also an opiate of some kind. People have said it was Hydrocodone or Oxycodone. Perhaps the latter would of been a reason why he decided to shoot people?

Picture it, you're a 60 year old guy who is in constant pain and is pissed off theres an opiate epidemic and there are doctors who are not taking you seriously. Then you end up shooting people? I have heard of people doing the same thing when they were refused a prescription or when they are in the throws of withdrawal via Opiate.

I just have a hard time believing that he went through all the time, money, effort, etc. involved in planning his attack because of drugs.

He also had money, so he could have bought any drug he wanted from the streets if he couldn't get them from a Doctor.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

I just have a hard time believing that he went through all the time, money, effort, etc. involved in planning his attack because of drugs.

He also had money, so he could have bought any drug he wanted from the streets if he couldn't get them from a Doctor.

That's true, but a lot of people seem to think his drug use contributed to the shooting. Unless there is a hidden prescription for a antidepressant or some other kind of drug. I highly doubt it as I used various opiates (prescription, never used heroin so I can't say on that) and various benzos (xanax, valium, clorazepate, klonopin. you get it, right? don't wanna type all of them lol)

I can say that I never felt the desire to shoot people on any benzo or opiate, even any combination of the two. I did dirty my hand in Ketamine and LSD. I can see how either of those would make shoot someone.

I think most people who are saying that Paddock's very moderate drug use was the cause of the shooting mainly think that because we have almost nothing to go on motive wise. He left no real clues behind, his hard drive from the laptop was missing, etc. The whole case just makes very little sense.  

But I will say the more time passes, the more conspiracies are taking root. When the SWAT footage and the hotel surveillance videos were released a little while back, they showed almost nothing, which proved or disproved nothing.  Hell they only brought up more questions. The comment sections on those vids were ripe with people calling bullshit on just about everything.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

I think most people who are saying that Paddock's very moderate drug use was the cause of the shooting mainly think that because we have almost nothing to go on motive wise. He left no real clues behind, his hard drive from the laptop was missing, etc. The whole case just makes very little sense.  

But I will say the more time passes, the more conspiracies are taking root. When the SWAT footage and the hotel surveillance videos were released a little while back, they showed almost nothing, which proved or disproved nothing.  Hell they only brought up more questions. The comment sections on those vids were ripe with people calling bullshit on just about everything.

I was thinking about what you said. He could very well get any drug he wanted due to his vast wealth, but what if it was something that dealers couldn't obtain? Like a certain drug so to speak. I was prescribed Hysingla ER which was an extended release version of Hydrocodone (made by the same people who make Oxycontin) and I was on that for a while. My doctor passed and I started seeing this midgethead doctor who even though I never abused drugs (atleast.. in front of him. ) advocated for shitty opiates, and what not.

He ended up switching me to a crappier drug that was downright not helpful. I tried to obtain my Hysingla ER through normal channels, going to dealers and their network. No one had Hysingla ER. (But this is a relatively new drug, approved like maybe one or two years ago.) I ended up getting it off the dark web along with other top quality opiates.

So, he could of had that situation and given that he was old and probably not tech-savvy. He possibly couldn't do what I did which was go on the dark web and get a replacement or the product itself.

Just some food for thought.

Paddock had been prescribed anti-anxiety medication a few months before the shooting. BUT his autopsy came back clean, he had nothing in his system at the time of his death.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

Paddock had been prescribed anti-anxiety medication a few months before the shooting. BUT his autopsy came back clean, he had nothing in his system at the time of his death.

To be honest, that really thickens the pot (no pun intended) and makes me wonder even more.

CoolTriggerLuke wrote:

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

Paddock had been prescribed anti-anxiety medication a few months before the shooting. BUT his autopsy came back clean, he had nothing in his system at the time of his death.

To be honest, that really thickens the pot (no pun intended) and makes me wonder even more.

Agreed. The entire case just makes me shake my head.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

I think most people who are saying that Paddock's very moderate drug use was the cause of the shooting mainly think that because we have almost nothing to go on motive wise. He left no real clues behind, his hard drive from the laptop was missing, etc. The whole case just makes very little sense.  

It was said that he had child porn in his possession, so it could stem from that.

Could also be that his brother was the one that put the material there, since he got arrested for having child porn.

QuestionMark wrote:

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

I think most people who are saying that Paddock's very moderate drug use was the cause of the shooting mainly think that because we have almost nothing to go on motive wise. He left no real clues behind, his hard drive from the laptop was missing, etc. The whole case just makes very little sense.  

It was said that he had child porn in his possession, so it could stem from that.

Could also be that his brother was the one that put the material there, since he got arrested for having child porn.

That family was apparently a f*cked up mess.

eldigato wrote:

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Your photoshopped image probably isn't that far from the truth. I think that most of these old people now days that are anti-drug have tried marijuana or LSD.

The drug and mass murder connection reminds me of comic books that use magic to explain away plot holes. It's too simple. And I understand that's also the appeal of it. It's easier to blame a substance with undefined properties than actually consider the complexities of a person.

So no, I don't think drugs is why he shot up people.