The Boston Globe, March 19th, 1995
Since more adolescents are now having sex, more of them are being exposed to sexually transmitted diseases. The current very high rate of STDs is a major teen-age health problem. Dear Beth: I know that AIDS is something you just shouldn't get. But how can you be a normal, loving person and avoid getting it? I don't want to die. Scared The safest way to avoid the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS, is not to have sex. You can be very loving without having intercourse. Those who do have sex can reduce the risk if males always use condoms and females always use a spermicide, a diaphr...
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