The Zoloft Defense

About this episode

Lanie returns to discuss the implications of prescription drug use in the context of true crime.

I’M BACK – Thank you so much for hanging in there with me, while I took some time away from the podcast rather unexpectedly. I miss my dad quite a bit, so coming back has been really daunting. If you read this far, thank you again for hanging out until I got it all together to come back to a place I’ve called ‘home’ for the last 10 years. I’m not done with TCCWL [probs will do this into my 70s! lol] You might remember this phrase from health class: “All medicines are drugs, but not all drugs are medicines.” It was a simple reminder that while there’s nothing wrong with needing medication, even the ones that sound intimidating, we have to be careful about what we take and how much. All medicines are drugs, and all drugs carry risks. Content Warnings: murder, prescription drug use, familicide, mentions of suicide. For Ad Free Content visit ⁠ Supercast ⁠ ; ⁠ Patreon ⁠ ; or ⁠ Apple Subscription ⁠ Connect with Us: Enjoying our podcast? We’d greatly appreciate your review on Apple Podcasts or your preferred platform. Follow Lanie & the show by ⁠ checking out our linktree! ⁠   True Crime Cases is on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lanie, Lanie Hobbs

Topics covered

• murder
• prescription drug use
• familicide
• suicide

Keywords

• Zoloft
• medication
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Zoloft

Books & works: We Talk of Dreams

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