According to a local news source, Florida teens believe Mountain Dew prevents unwanted pregancies, and drinking a capful of bleach or smoking marijuana can prevent the spread of HIV.
State lawmakers are blaming these myths on the state’s abstinence-only sexual education classes, and are seeking to append over the curriculum with more information about condoms, birth control, and disease prevention.
Personally, I think the whole issue is sensationalist and overblown. C’mon, no demographics? No interviews? For all I care, some run-of-the-mill middle schooler started this as a joke, the prank that remains hush-hush amongst the cliques in any normal teenage social ladder. But hey, now you know.
