ABLECHILD: World on Psych Drugs: Will the Turkey Mass Shooting Expose an Out‑of‑Control Global Psychiatric Drug Industry?

https://joehoft.com/ablechild-world-psych-drugs-will-turkey-mass-shooting/

In Turkey, antidepressant consumption has surged year after year, turning these drugs into a quiet backbone of social policy rather than a last‑resort medical tool. Pharmacies now move well over 60 million boxes annually, up from roughly 30–35 million a decade ago, and reports indicate more than 70 million boxes were sold in 2025. Prof. Dr. Nesrin Dilbaz of NPİstanbul Brain Hospital warns that “1 in 10 people in Turkey use antidepressants,” a stark signal of how deeply these drugs have penetrated everyday life. Other experts say regular antidepressant use has roughly doubled in ten years, from about three in every 100 people to about six. Turkey is not in the very top tier of users, but it is firmly in the high‑use group, with around 40 to 50 daily doses per 1,000 people per day—far above many nations and just below places like Iceland and Portugal.

Around the world, psychiatric drug use has exploded. In rich countries, people now take the equivalent of more than 120 psychiatric doses per 1,000 people every single day, as if more than one in ten citizens were on a full‑strength psychiatric drug all year long. In some nations, antidepressant use is so high that well over 10 percent of the population is effectively on a daily dose. Turkey now sits in the middle of this high‑use club: not at the very top, but far above countries where these drugs are still used sparingly.

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So the article is about the growing use of anti-depressants in Turkey. Reading it jarred loose another thought, namely what would be happening in these countries without them? Specifically what would the governments look like if the citizenry wasn't drugged into complacent apathy?

I am a firm believer in the old adage that actions speak louder than words, particularly when it comes to the government. So if the governments actions are to increasingly drug their citizens who are otherwise unhappy with the direction the government is taking things, then we can conclude it is not by coincidence. Rather it is part of their strategy.

There is evidence to suggest COVID was actually a population control event. Is it really a stretch to think governments would use other drugs to control the population?

I know I am probably preaching to the choir here but I felt compelled to actually state it for the record.