The letter cited several studies that showed stimulants such as caffeine mask the intoxicating effects of alcohol and could lead to increased risk-taking and other alcohol-related problems such as violence, sexual assault, traffic accidents and even suicide.

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Her career was ruined and she even contemplated suicide after fingerprint experts wrongly identified a fingerprint found at a crimes scene as hers.

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She portrayed Smith as a woman so tormented by her failures in life that she even failed at her own suicide and jumped out of the car.

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Mr Weiner learns that the world's happiest places (such as Iceland and Switzerland) are often ethnically homogeneous even if they have high suicide rates.

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Encouragingly, external causes of mortality have continued to decline even faster than other causes: suicide, murder, and alcohol poisonings are down by 5%, 10%, and 18% respectively.

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As a result, his parents no longer have the legal right to be involved in his medical care, even though they know he is at risk for depression and suicide.

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Bob Scales (Ret.) tells Robert Siegel that the enemy in Iraq has evolved, even as U.S. forces have improved their defenses against irregular attackers operating anonymously in small units and employing suicide and roadside bombs.

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