Dad who killed son while in psychosis on mission for prescription drug safety awareness

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David Carmichael is on a cross-Canada speaking tour, publicly sharing his very private pain of the loss of his son. He's sharing the cause of his son's death while trying to bring awareness of the possibly-adverse reactions to medications after his own over-medication had tragic consequences.

In 2004, Carmichael was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 11-year-old son, Ian. He believed that his healthy son was brain damaged and needed to die. He was later found not criminally responsible after being diagnosed as in a psychotic state of depression at the time of his son's death.

“I couldn’t believe what I’d done,” Carmichael said. “To this day I still can’t believe I did it.”

Jill Croteau reports on his mission and what he hopes can come from his story.

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