Don t do drugs of any kind. Sharing needles to inject drugs can infect you. And many drugs, especially alcohol, can cloud your judgment and cause you to do things that place you at risk for HIV infection. Delay sexual intercourse. Don t have sexual intercourse.
Abstinence is the only sure protection.
If you do have sexual intercourse, wait until you are in a long-term, mutually faithful relationship, such as marriage, with an uninfected partner. Remember, every 11 seconds a teen in the U.S. gets a sexu-ally transmitted disease. Remember, every 30 seconds a teen in the U.S. gets pregnant. When you decide you are ready to become sexually active, do so only with one uninfected partner in a mutually faithful, long-term relationship, such as marriage. Do not make decisions about sexual intercourse while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.