This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s Multimedia Storytelling Institute for high school students in partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, which financially sponsors the camp and supports story sourcing. Additional reporting by Maxwell Freeman (Rosemount High School) and Wendy Xiong (Johnson High School).

Most teenagers have 24/7 access to a popular drug. They are high off it for hours a day and carry it in their pockets everywhere they go. The drug? Social media.

From calls to getting directions, technology has been ingrained into everyday life. According to a Pew Research Center study, 95% of U.S. teens have access to a smartphone and 97% say they use social media daily.

Linna Xiong, a high school senior who lives in St. Paul, says she spends th

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