One of the most urgent societal issues facing the US today is the fentanyl opioid crisis. The fentanyl crisis, wreaking havoc on families and communities nationwide, has severely impacted Northeastern states like New Hampshire and Maine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that, between 1999 and 2023, over 500,000 Americans lost their lives to opioid overdoses in the US.
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TEENS’ MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA
The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics have brought attention to the continued high rates of mental health problems among teenagers in the United States, particularly among girls and those who identify as LGBQ+. Cyberbullying has been a big contributor to this worrying trend that has been on the rise in recent years.
Around 20 percent of youth in the U.S. have mental health issues, with depression being the most common ailment, according to data from the National Institute of Mental Health. The second most common cause of mortality for adolescents aged 15 to 24 is suicide.
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Donation Drive for Refugee Kids – News paper article
Two brothers will be collecting school supplies for Afghan refugee children from next month...
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Diversity in Lynnfield – Halloween, Diwali and Hanukkah – By Aditya Shrivastava, Lynnfield Middle School
As we can see more and more new families move into Lynnfield, Lynnfield is getting more diverse everyday. As a kid whose parents are first generation immigrants from India, I have a front row seat in how it feels to live in two very different cultures. We celebrate Diwali, Hanukkah as well as Halloween in the same time of the year with equal fervor. As my father says, we are lucky to have lived in two ultimate democratic countries with the freedom of expression that every person deserves in the world.
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Plight of Refugee Children – By Aditya Shrivastava, Lynnfield
We all know about COVID-19 pandemic but there is one more pandemic spreading around the world which nobody is talking about. It’s a pandemic of refugee kids. Recent events/ wars and Syria, Afghanistan, Yeman have made things worse for refugees, especially child refugees.
