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On the recordFebruary 25, 2009
Any time there is a situation where 900,000 of our youth, 900,000 a year, plan their own death, and 712,000 of those youth actually attempt it, that, I would say, qualifies as a public health crisis.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Reid emphasizes the alarming statistics regarding youth suicide.

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