Teen Suicide
Date Submitted: 06/28/2002 20:43:02
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 4 pages (1188 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 4 pages (1188 words)
Every year thousands of teens die in the United States, not from cancer or car accidents, but by their own hand; they make the choice that they want to die, and they take their own life. Statistics conducted in 1996 reveal that every 42 seconds a teenager attempts suicide and every 16.9 minutes a teenager completes it (World Future Society). Many people think that the latter is not factual, and they try to sweep the matter of teen …
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