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Are you or a friend coping with a family conflict like separated, divorced, drug addicted, abused or abusive parents?
family
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Are you or a friend coping with a problem friendship, boyfriend, girlfriend, authority figure, cult or gang?
relationships
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Are you or a friend coping with poor self-esteem, stress, anxiety, loneliness, grief, anger or depression?
feelings
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Are you or a friend coping with depression or thoughts of suicide?
suicide
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Are you or a friend coping with a lack of basic needs like food, clothing, housing, employment, or trouble at school?
basic needs
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Are you or a friend coping with prejudice, neglect, emotional, physical or sexual abuse, survival sex, prostitution, domestic violence or crime?
abuse
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Are you or a friend coping with a physical disability, sexually transmitted disease (STD), HIV/AIDS, self-harm, a psychiatric or eating disorder?
health
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Are you or a friend coping with questions about sexuality, sexual hygiene, a pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease (STD) or HIV/AIDS?
sex
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Are you or a friend coping with tobacco, alcohol, street drugs or prescription drugs?
drugs & alcohol
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Are you or a friend coping with thoughts of leaving home, running away or are you already homeless?
running away
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Publicize
1. Make posters with photos of your teen listing: age, sex, height, weight, hair and eye color, complexion, physical characteristics (such as scars, birthmarks, braces, pierced ears, glasses), circumstances of disappearance, your phone number, and police contacts. Distribute these to truck stops, youth-oriented businesses, hospitals, and law enforcement agencies.
2. PLACE AN AD OR ASK FOR PUBLICITY IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.
3. OFFER A REWARD.
4. HIRE A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.