836 Taking One’s Own Life

A friend asked if we knew; What group of people in the US commit the most suicides? The correct answer: white males over eighty. “Why do people think that is a negative thing”? Responded another friend a white male, over eighty. “It only makes sense that many people when they get that old, and perhaps have severe health problems take their own life”.

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