Claims: Mass killer Elliot Rodger may have been addicted to Xanax, it has been claimed Mass killer Elliot Rodger may have been dependent on the anti-anxiety drug Xanax which made him 'isolated and anxious' before his murder spree, it has been claimed. His family's spokesman previously said Rodger, who stabbed three students and shot another three dead before killing himself, was believed to have been taking the medication for around six months. Today a police source in Santa Barbara, California, told Radar Online that investigators are 'being told that he was likely addicted to Xanax'. The source said Rodger's parents, Hunger Games assistant director Peter and his wife Li Chin, had been doing 'basic research' on the prescription drug, whose medical name is alprazolam.
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22-year-old mass shooter was thought to be taking drug for six months
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Rare side effects include hallucinations, hostility and hyperactivity
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Police source: 'Xanax isn’t blamed for causing Elliot to go on his rampage, but it probably wasn’t the best decision to have someone like him on it'
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Rodger's rampage killed seven including himself in Santa Barbara, California
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