Serious negative side effects of the global SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 pandemic caused primarily by wrong government paternalistic measures like lockdowns, school closures, mandated mask wearing etc.!
It also reaffirms the long known fact that the drugs obtained on black markets are dangerous, because the ingredients and their dosage are unknown to the user.
"Research published yesterday showed an “unprecedented” spike in US teen overdose deaths in 2020, largely driven by fentanyl, the AP reports.
Over the first 6 months of 2021, the rate of teen overdose rose 20% from 2020, reaching 5.49 per 100,000.
The research shows that drugs are getting deadlier, not that more teens are using them.
“What teens may think is an opioid painkiller or Xanax diverted from the legal supply is now more likely to be a counterfeit tablet containing fentanyl or similar synthetic opioids,” STAT explains.
Pandemic isolation may be driving more frequent use among teens who do use drugs—but US teens’ mental health is deteriorating more generally.
The number of American high schoolers who report feeling “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” shot up from 26% to 44% from 2009–2021, a recent CDC study found.
It’s the highest level of teenage sadness on record, and it cuts across every demographic. ...
The Atlantic dissected a range of key contributors to the teen mental health crisis, including:
Social media use, which is strongly linked to negative effects at “sensitive life periods”
Isolation: teens are less likely to play youth sports or go out with friends
A 24-hour news cycle fueling anxiety about issues like climate change, the pandemic, and gun violence
Protective, pressure-filled parenting approaches"
From the abstract (the abstract is very poor in its information content):
"The illicit drug supply has increasingly become contaminated with illicitly manufactured fentanyls and other synthetic opioid and benzodiazepine analogues. Adolescent drug use rates remained generally stable between 2010 and 2020, with 30.2% and 30.4%, respectively, of 10th-graders reporting any illicit drug use in the past 12 months, which declined to 18.7% of 10th-graders in 2021. However, given the increase in illicit fentanyls and potential associated risks, we assessed shifts in overdose deaths among adolescents."
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