The smoking-cessation drug Chantix has now played a crucial role in a second violent crime. On Monday, a Maryland man was found not criminally responsible for shooting his wife in the neck in their home in 2014 because he was found to be suffering from “involuntary intoxication” due to Chantix. In November 2014, according to the Carroll County Times, Sluder awoke his wife and told her they had to go to his mother’s house. The Times reported that the shooting victim and her family pleaded with the judge not to release Sluder, but the judge said he was bound by the definition of not criminally responsible. Pfizer spokesman Steven Danehy said Tuesday, “There is no reliable scientific evidence that Chantix causes serious neuropsychiatric events.

Source: Washington Post August 09, 2016 09:15 UTC