By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — Earlier this year, Scott Schaefer, managing director of one of the nation’s 55 Poison Control Centers, sounded an informal alarm about the number of people between the ages of 11 and 19 trying to self-harm by ingesting substances. In the course of just one month, in his state of Oklahoma, the Center dealt with 123 teen females and 34 teen males under such circumstances. “Speaking with my colleagues in other states, it seems that we’re following somewhat of a national pattern,” he told The Oklahoman. “It’s going to take statisticians and epidemiologists t…
