ONE DRUG A MORE THAN PROBABLE REASON FOR SUICIDES

This letter is being forwarded from no friend of mine.

"I want to thank The Maui News, the Maui chaplains and the 100 'experts' on
the conference on suicide. Thank you, for leaving my name out of the
discussion. You see I cannot work well where the facts are shown and I
thrive best when I am covered up and not shown in the light. The reporter
did a great job by not looking behind the curtain of embarrassment and
shame. I can usually rely on families and whole communities to do a good job
of keeping my name out of the problem; somehow it is more OK to blame
relationships, stress and parents going to two jobs than to mention my name.
Gotta run, a lot of invitations to attend to. -- Mr. Ice, aka Batu, aka
Crystal Methamphetamine."

Robert Fredricks

Wailuku