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Teen suicide is no longer a rare thing; it occurs much more often now. So often that it is
now the third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds, and the sixth leading cause of
death for 5-to-14-year-olds. Each year 500,000 teens try killing themselves, 500 succeed.
Every hour and forty-five minutes another young person commits suicide. Suicide in the
teen years increases because there is greater access to lethal weapons, drugs and alcohol,
and motor vehicles. Different genders use different methods; girls tend to overdose on
drugs and c...