Sexual health crisis

[AB Asks]

A sexual health crisis among Britain's youth is being fuelled by drugs and alcohol a report has shown. There has been a sharp increase in the number of STIs and teenage pregnancies and there is 'no doubt' that alcohol and drugs have played a part in this. What do you think? Why are teenager's attitudes different towards sex, alcohol and drugs now?

[jenstar]

Ah, you're just jealous... as am I, actually. I wish I'd had more drink, drugs and casual sex when I was a teenager.

[IggyB]

link to story or report please

[sandbach99]

If the sex education lessons children get from primary school onwards included how to say NO and mean it some of the problems would disappear.

I don't think the pregnancies of the very young girls, say under 14s are due to drugs or alcohol, if they are why have the parents allowed this , are they just turning a blind eye when she comes in worse under the influence.

In schools the morning after pill is handed out more or less on demand, why don't these school nurse ask the girls to let them test them to see if they have caught anything and explain on a one to one basis the consequences of these diseases. No test or talk if they refuse just hand out the pill, but if they can only get one or two girls to test positive I am sure these girls would get others that they know or believe to have been with the same lads to get tested.

[sense4all]

There were various statement about percentage increases but ,for me, the most shocking report was that Syphilis was up two thousand ( yes 2000 ) per cent.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6755247.stm
Not all the stats. but an iea of what is being mooted.

[stokeace]

nothing has changed from the 1960s really drugs and alcohol have always been freely available and its up to the individual how they behave sexually.