on this memorial day

why did four veterans in ONE region die in their sleep? they were all prescribed drugs for their ptsd. if there are four here, are there more elsewhere?

are they throwaways? why isn't this on the front page of EVERY newspaper out there. why isn't king george demanding over the top medical care for our veterans? why?
West Virginia Paper: 4th Local Vet Taking 'PTSD Drugs' Dies
By Greg Mitchell
NEW YORK A report in the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette connects four recent deaths in the area to a combination of drugs taken to help the veterans suffering from post-traumatic shock disorder. This comes on top of what appears to be a surge in Iraq vet suicides around the country, often reported only in local newspapers.The article by Julie Robinson is at:http://wvgazette.com/News/200805230640It opens as follows.*A Putnam County veteran who was taking medication prescribed for post-traumatic stress disorder died in his sleep earlier this month, in circumstances similar to the deaths of three other area veterans earlier this year.Derek Johnson, 22, of Hurricane, served in the infantry in the Middle East in 2005, where he was wounded in combat and diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder while hospitalized.Military doctors prescribed Paxil, Klonopin and Seroquel for Johnson, the same combination taken by veterans Andrew White, 23, of Cross Lanes; Eric Layne, 29, of Kanawha City; and Nicholas Endicott of Logan County. All were in apparently good physical health when they died in their sleep.Johnson was taking Klonopin and Seroquel, as prescribed, at the time of his death, said his grandmother, Georgeann Underwood of Hurricane. Both drugs are frequently used in combination to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Klonopin causes excessive drowsiness in some patients.He also was taking a painkiller for a back injury he sustained in a car accident about a week before his death, but was no longer taking Paxil...............