[OldCorps]

A very sad tale. Depression, no doubt brought on by use of cocaine, drove this once good guy into the abyss. I fell sorry for him, his wife, but especially for the two innocent little girls. Lord have mercy on us all.

[MrLeRoy]

Depression, no doubt brought on by use of cocaine

Perhaps the cocaine was a wrongheaded attempt to self-medicate a pre-existing depression.

[FreeTally]

Depression, no doubt brought on by use of cocaine, drove this once good guy into the abyss.

Actually, re-read the story. He had been doing cocain for a couple of months, but had been suffering from depresion for years. He had been with the narcotics unit for a year. Add one and one and you come to the conclusion he was doing cocain to combat the depression.