Surprise: he was high

Man shoots himself, ending police pursuit
When I see stories like this, I always guess that they are related to addiction or intoxication, and I am rarely surprised.
I live a place where virtually every problem is related to addiction or intoxication: suicide, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, the need for foster families, overcrowded jails, homelessness, unemployable people, the cycle of poverty, murders, fires, most injuries, most ambulance calls, virtually all police and court activity, youth getting in trouble, you name it.
After awhile, I wondered if this was also true for the rest of the state, and the rest of the USA. So I scan news stories, guessing that stories about bad things are probably related to some form of addiciton or intoxication. And I'm rarely surprised.