Wait a minute. Wouldn't that mean you're...?

I don't understand where the bit about hippies and drugs and The Grateful Dead came from. How is that germane to the discussion?

No one here knows what medications Kevin Smith had been taking prior to turning age 18. Many times after turning age 18, insurance companies will not continue to supply medications under a parent's plan. Unless Kevin was enrolled in college he may have had to pay for his own medications. I recall the foster father stating that Kevin was refusing to take the medications in addition to difficulty obtaining the medications.

Certain psychotropic medications need to have continuous blood levels to maintain effectiveness. After being off them for a while, they're no longer affecting the behavior they're prescribed to help.

This is no excuse for what Kevin did. He had to be aware that what he was doing was wrong.

Didn't I read somewhere that Kevin was not living with his parents? Does anyone know if he had a job -- or was robbery in lieu of working?

Kevin was asking for help with his meds and to get a job along with his parents asking for help for him but everyone was turned down couldnt get help for the child anywhere.He was talked into the robbery and he would go along with anyone that said they would be his friend when he was not on his meds.THe boy wanted help and could not get it.