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Deaths from Suicide, Drugs and Alcohol Reach Highest Level Ever

By Filings on Sat, 03/09/19
Society & Culture
Suicide
Drug Abuse
Alcohol

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released statistics showing that death from suicide, alcohol, and drugs hit their highest level since the federal government started recording data in 1999.” - Christian Headlines

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Bert Perry

NewYikes

Mon, 03/11/19

….all of these are, within limits, deaths from despair. We might be able to speak to that.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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Aaron Blumer

NewDespair

Mon, 03/11/19

Yes, despair. The cliche “too smart for his own good” comes to mind. Post-Christian Western Civilization has grown so smart it can’t think of any reason life is worth living.

Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.

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