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Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Death by suicide? Drug overdoses muddy waters for investigators, amplify national mental health crisis
Broadening the definition of self-inflicted mortality to encompass most drug overdose deaths, WVU emeritus professor Ian Rockett led a study finding that the entire nation is afflicted by a mental health crisis. In recent years, western states have reported more suicides but Rockett’s research revealed that many drug overdose deaths in non-western states should have been classified as suicides.