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From: suhre@trwrba.UUCP (Maurice E. Suhre)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Drug/Alcohol Abuse
Message-ID: <1863@trwrba.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 12:20:52 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 26 12:20:52 1986
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I had some e-mail correspondence with someone about suicide and
use (abuse) of drugs and/or alcohol.

The open question was something like this:  Does everyone have some
slight tendency toward suicide, and drugs or booze aggravates the
tendency?  Or is this tendency generated by drugs or booze?

I didn't have any proof one way or the other, nor could I think of
any controlled experiments to establish what the facts were.  What I
had was "anecdotal evidence".  That is, I have heard lots of sober 
alcoholics describe how they were suicidal in their drinking days,
and they are not suicidal now that they are sober.  Draw your own
conclusions.

Maurice

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