Accused Arizona shooter’s lonely descent into instability and paranoia - The Globe and Mail

Accused Arizona shooter’s lonely descent into instability and paranoia - The Globe and Mail: "For a time, Jared Loughner appeared to be no more than a troubled teenager, the kind that causes heartache for parents but doesn’t make headlines. He got drunk at school, smoked pot regularly and sent friends strange stories he had written.

Soon, though, there were signs he was sliding toward something far darker. By this past spring, his odd outbursts and twisted ramblings had begun frightening his classmates and alarming his professors. One teacher later described him as “someone whose brains were scrambled.”"

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