Anthony Bourdain. Kate Spade. You know their names and you know the unfortunate circumstances surrounding their untimely passing. Bourdain, 61, and Spade, 55, took their lives in suicides by hanging. Their deaths marked an immediate response from mental health advocates while pushing mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety to the forefront of the news … Continue reading Talent Riddled with Tragedy: Suicide, Mental Health and Drugs→
Statistics and Toxicology Reports Reveal Marijuana – Suicide Link The increasing number of youth suicides seems to be tied to two factors, bullying and marijuana. Although bullying may be a reason that youth turn to marijuana, in doesn’t resolve the underlying issues making them depressed or upset. The outcomes for trying to resolve such issues … Continue reading High Percentage of Youth Suicides in Colorado involve Marijuana→
The common element in all these suicides or self-inflicted deaths was marijuana. Marijuana was the factor, not alcohol or other drugs…………in all cases. (Read Part 1 and Part 2) Marc Bullard, 23 Colorado Brant Clark, 17 Colorado Tron Dohse, 26 Colorado Luke Goodman, 23 Colorado, traveling from Oklahoma Daniel Juarez, 18 Colorado … Continue reading The Common Element in These Suicides: Marijuana→
(Please see Part 1: Marijuana Suicide, a Growing Risk for our Youth) Marijuana-related suicide is a controversial topic because other websites include commenters who claim marijuana saved their lives. Pot interferes with the reward center of the brain, just like cocaine, alcohol and heroin. So when someone dependent on the drug doesn’t have it, their … Continue reading Marijuana Use is Linked to Increased Suicide Risk→
