[Wallace T.]

For far too many people, picking up a drug does.

Case in point: Robin Williams, R.I.P.

[DiogenesLamp]

Case in point: Robin Williams, R.I.P.

And thousands more.

[EricT.]

For far too many people, picking up a drug does.

Case in point: Robin Williams, R.I.P.

Robin Williams had severe depression and was self-medicating with cocaine and alcohol. The drug use was a by-product of his illness. He went to rehab and stopped the self-medicating, but the depression is what finally killed him.

Many people with serious depression problems turn to drugs and alcohol to escape the pain and hopelessness, even if only lasts for a few hours.