Bullying in schools?

People seem to think that teasing and bullying in school is a real problem these days but is it any worse than it's ever been or are todays youth simply less able to deal with problems/adversity because we have a martyr mentality in the US and no longer really develop coping skills because we have medications to do our coping for us (i.e. dope us up to the point that we don't even have to deal with our problems)? What are your thoughts and how long have you been out of high school?