university, children born during the pandemic have significantly reduced verbal, moat exposerall cognitive performance compared to children born prepandemic. that s our future and we should be very concerned about it. meanwhile, suicide attempts by young girls have risen by more than 50% and yet even that horrifying as it is it s just a small indicator of what is actually happening. for every teen who tries to kill herself, 100 others are living in agony. a new report from the surgeon general finds attempted suicides, anxiety, depression all increased markedly in young people in this country but it s the addiction numbers that are the worst. this year for the first time ever, the number of overdose deaths in the united states passed 100,000. that s up 30% from just last year, it s up more than 100% since 2015. at this point, more americans are dying from drug o.d. s than are dying from car crashes and gun deaths combined and as with suicide, an overdose is just the end point of a ver