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No Link Between Anti-Malaria Drug and Violence, Army Says
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
(1:49 PM PT)
By Robert Burns
Associated Press Military Writer

The Army inquiry was conducted by consultants in psychology, social work and psychiatry as well as Army epidemiologists and chaplains. Officials from the government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also participated.

WASHINGTON -- AP
An Army investigation of possible medical and behavioral causes behind a series of domestic killings and suicides at Fort Bragg, N.C., has ruled out the anti-malaria drug Lariam, officials said Wednesday.

Speculation about possible explanations for the killings has run the gamut from the stress of combat to psychotic side effects from Lariam. Three of the four soldiers involved in the killings had recently returned from Afghanistan.

Elaine Kanellis, an Army spokeswoman, said she could not discuss findings from the investigation report, which is not yet in final form.

USA Today reported Wednesday that the investigators found no common link in the four killings, except that the soldiers were all in troubled marriages.
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