[pjc50]

This is a reply to my "it's not a simple matter of economics and statistics"?

> Or is it more likely these cultural issue are in fact complex rather than simple

Yes, I'd agree with that. I said it was a "question of what people believe about the world and their future in it", which goes beyond the economic.

I don't think all these drug overdose deaths are counted in the plain definition of suicide, but they're clearly a manifestation of self-destructive behaviour.