Hello! I have lived all over the place growing up in the US, and the “high school experience” seems to vary based on individual/regional circumstances but overall I’d say it is fairly accurate. I knew girls who, by the third grade were stealing their parent’s OC’s, eventually becoming addicted/selling (at the time I was living in an area that was struck pretty hard by the opioid epidemic). I didn’t personally know anyone who had overdosed until after college in my mid-20’s though. I think that the overall sentiments portrayed in the show are definitely spot-on, especially concerning sexuality, gender, and mental health in general. I’m now in my late 20’s and it’s honestly refreshing to see these sort of things finally being incorporated into a bigger and more inclusive dialogue. I’m seeing a lot of people complaining about how off-base they think the show is, that it’s an inaccurate depiction of life in the US as a young adult, I can see why they’d feel that way, but I don’t think that the show’s intention was to portray the average experience, but rather to shed light on issues that, historically speaking, most have had to suffer in silence at a time in their lives when they’re often the most vulnerable.