When STDs were discovered in the 1960s, there were only two known diseases, syphilis and Gonorrhea. In the 1970s, one in every forty seven adolescents contracted a sexually transmitted disease.(Marnie) Today, that figure is

Sexually transmitted diseases are becoming an epidemic, especially among teens. Most teens become sexually active between the ages of twelve and nineteen. (SEICUS) Teens at this age should be focused on their education and not on sex. In cases like these, diseases can be spread easily due to the fact that there is more time to come in contact with the disease again and spread it to another partner. Teens make up ten percent of the American population and carry twenty to twenty- five percent of all STDs in the United States. One out of every ten teenagers already have a STD. Most teens think that using condoms make sex safe. Studies show that using condoms one hundred percent of the time during sex only reduce the risk of getting a STD by fifty percent. (

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