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These teens saw how poor mental health hurt their peers. So they got a law passed. [washingtonpost.com]

 

Lucas Johnson’s résumé is characteristic of any high-achieving high school senior.

There’s the raft of Advanced Placement classes, a dozen during his four years at Monticello High School in Virginia’s Albemarle County. There are the extracurriculars — tutoring and Model United Nations and student council and cross-country.

During his junior year, there was the stress that accompanied all of it — stress that, at times, made him ask: “What is the point of all of this?” The 18-year-old witnessed distress among his peers, too — troubling Facebook and Instagram posts, bullying that went unaddressed, students without a place to turn.

[For more on this story by Debbie Truong, go to https://www.washingtonpost.com...m_term=.07cc447cbc26]

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