Sex and Drugs Decline Among Teens, but Depression and Suicidal Thoughts Grow [nytimes.com]

Alicia Doktor 6/15/1812:00 PM

One in seven high school students reported misusing prescription opioids, one of several disturbing results in a nationwide survey of teenagers that revealed a growing sense of fear and despair among youth in the United States.

The numbers of teenagers reporting “feelings of sadness or hopelessness,” suicidal thoughts, and days absent from school out of fear of violence or bullying have all risen since 2007. The increases were particularly pointed among lesbian, gay and bisexual high school students.

Nationally, 1 in 5 students reported being bullied at school; 1 in 10 female students and 1 in 28 male students reported having been physically forced to have sex.

[For more on this story by Jan Hoffman, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...suicide-opioids.html]

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