Thread: Fla. Teens Believe Drinking Bleach Will Prevent HIV

Fla. Teens Believe Drinking Bleach Will Prevent HIV
Some Teens Also Believe Mountain Dew Will Stop Pregnancy

POSTED: 1:54 pm EDT April 2, 2008
UPDATED: 3:34 pm EDT April 4, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida teens who believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy have prompted lawmakers to push for an overhaul of sex education in the state.

Another myth is that Florida teens also believe that smoking marijuana will prevent a person from getting pregnant, Local 6 reported.

State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida's abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported.

They are proposing a bill that would require a more comprehensive approach, the report said.

It would still require teaching abstinence but students would also learn about condoms and other methods of birth control and disease prevention.

The bill just passed its first vote in a committee, Local 6 reported.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.


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we are either raising a nation of Gullable Idiots or the Idiots are being Imported and we are trying to raise them

It sad down here in FL . enough said

It would still require teaching abstinence but students would also learn about condoms and other methods of birth control and disease prevention.

Somebody has to teach them the "birds and the bees. But I would rather parents or a legal guardian teach them. When it is required in classrooms, someone always wants to jump in and teach kids things that are, IMO, not suited for group discussions.