That would mean about half of all high school students are exhibiting signs of a mental disorder. The libs have the answer for that in legislation they have been pushing for years. Psych evals for everybody before they graduate high school. Of course that means no firearms ownership for any of them.
“That would mean about half of all high school students are exhibiting signs of a mental disorder.”
Well, that is some statistic that you have produced there...actually half of all high school students abusing drugs would be really interesting. The surveys in my local school district doesn’t reflect that percentage.
With that said, chronic use of street drugs and alcohol can be first indicator of a much larger social or mental problem. As you have probably heard...drowning the pain. It is particularly problematic in a young person whose personality and body is not fully developed.
Yes, I would say any 15 or 16 year old male that overdosed on alcohol and caused his brain and body to shutdown to the point of dying, was exhibiting some pretty serious psychological problems.
Alcohol poisoning, if you survive, can cause brain and/or neurological damage.