Jakob Thorington Arizona Capitol Times//November 23, 2022//

Health officials in Arizona recently reported firearms have become the top cause of adolescent suicides, passing strangulation-related deaths in 2021. Martin Celaya, chief of the Bureau of Assessment and Evaluation...

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