One thing I hear little of in mainstream media is how many suicides this opiate crisis has triggered. Many of the people suffering substance abuse disorder (addiction) also suffer a mental illness such as anxiety, bipolar or depression.
Throw drug abuse in there with a mental illness, and chances of suicide increase dramatically.
We hear a lot in the media about overdoses and we should be. We have a record breaking epidemic of them.
But what about the suicides triggered by drug addiction or withdrawal?How many of those overdoses are really suicides? How many take their lives in some other way as a … Read more...