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Ann Cummings: “We know that there has been a huge spike starting in the…”

Featuring: Ann Cummings, Democratic | State Senator, Vermont

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In-Depth Discussion with Senator Ann Cummings on Vermont's Legislative Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 48:36

So Montpelier went through and they hit within one to a half student of his numbers in everything except. Except mental health workers. We know that there has been a huge spike starting in the early teens of depression, mental health issues in students. We did the kids code yesterday, which is an Internet regulation. But when social media, that's the same time that social media became very available and began really cluing their algorithms to getting kids on there watching and they're clued to get kids addicted. (48:36–48:48)

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Asserts that there has been a significant increase in depression and mental health issues among students starting in their early teens.

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