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STUDY: Google Searches For ‘How To Commit Suicide’ Jumped 26% After Release Of ’13 Reasons Why’

Joseph Curl

Being a teenager is tough, so airing a show that glorifies suicide — especially one aimed at teenagers — is not exactly a great idea.

Yet that’s just what Netflix did with 13 Reasons Why, a series about a girl who commits suicide. Now comes new research that the series “may lead to increased suicidal thoughts among young viewers,” says the website Fatherly, aimed at millennial dads.

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