When they do discuss AIDS, it's mostly to push abstinence, Collins explains, adding that scare tactics often turn teens off. Even though more than 80 percent of schools in this country teach facts about AIDS, less than half demonstrate or describe how to use a condom, and only about half give information about where people can get help and counseling, the study shows. While adults beat around the bush, teens are dying. We need to get real. Too many people have been affected by this terrible plague that is totally preventable.
Teens have to start taking responsibility for themselves.
Only then can we save lives.