Prevention
Q. How can we prevent teens from getting a hold of drugs?
A. There is very little chance of keeping drugs away from teens. But all I can
say is we should lower the age for the child protection act. With this done teens
will have a more sever punishment so they will wish to use drugs less. We should also
have a more saver punishment for the parents and rug dealers if caught with marijuana.
Q. How can we prevent the stress that is forced on teens that start using drugs/alcohol?
A. We can prevent the stress, which causes students to start using drugs and alcohol by
giving them more help in schools, at home, and more opportunity to see councilors etc.
We should have smaller classrooms where teens can have help if they are frustrated, and
have more councilors if they need help with things in their lives. We should have fewer
teens in foster homes; they should be living with their real parents. Living in foster homes
can often cause teens to feel neglect not knowing their parents. We should also have more
help lines for teens that are in need of help or just need to talk to something. We should also
increase the programs such as big brother, which will allow teens to have an adult figure in their
life that will supply them with confidence and guidance.
Q. How can we prevent teens from having sex?
A. There are very few ways of keeping teens from having sex. The only real ways of
preventing teens from having sex is to keep them in separate schools and away from
each other. But this is almost impossible to do and will result in some untidy relationship
choices in the future. This is also almost impossible to do for most parents wish their
children to be with the same sex in schools and after school activities. The only other way
is to tell teens more of the consequences from real live teens that have either children, or
are expecting children, or have sexually transmitted diseases from having sex as a teen.
Q. How can we get through to teens?
A. To get through to teens, we must first of all provide teens with a chance to meat
people who have numerous effects to having sex when they were teens (e.g. children,
or sexually transmitted diseases). We should also tell them all of the effects of drugs and
alcohol in a situation like the ones they are in right now, with real people, not bad actors
pretending to be in situations acting as if they were really being pressured, when it sounds
like they have a gun to their back being forces to read lines!
Q. If teens do have sex, how can we prevent them from getting pregnant?
A. We can, I know this sounds weird, but supply condoms in schools or doctor offices.
This is an old issue, which keeps coming up, but keeps being voted down by parents.
This will prevent teens from getting pregnant and/or getting sexually transmitted diseases.
Q. What pregnancy prevention tools are out there right now that are safe for teens?
A. Drugs suggested to be used by teens: Continuous Abstinence · Outercourse
· Norplant® · Depo-Provera® · The Pill · The Condom · The Diaphragm or Cervical Cap
· Over-the-Counter Birth Control for Women
Q. What questions do you ask yourself when deciding on a birth control?
A. Questions to ask when deciding on a birth control:
-How will it fit into your life style?
-How effective will it be?-How safe will it be?-How affordable will it be?
-How reversible will it be?-Will it protect against sexually transmitted infections?
Q. What is birth control methods not suggested for teens?
A. Four methods not usually suggested for teens: -Sterilization effectiveness:
99.5 - 99.9%-The IUD (Intrauterine Device) effectiveness: 98 - 99.4%
-Withdrawal effectiveness: 81 - 96%
-Periodic Abstinence or Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs) effectiveness: 75 - 99%
Q. Why not use them?
A. Why not use those prevention devises? -Sterilization: This method is intended
to be permanent. It is not appropriate for anyone who may want to have a child in
the future. Because people so often change their minds about having families, sterilization
is usually discouraged for people under 30 who have not had children. -The IUD: *Unless
she has had a child, a young woman's uterus may be too small to hold an IUD. *IUD users
who get certain sexually transmitted infections can develop pelvic inflammatory disease and
become unable to have children. Teenagers are at very high risk for these infections. One
out of four teenagers have a least one of these infections.-Withdrawal: *Some men lack the
experience and self-control to pull out in time. *Some men have been known to say they will
pull out, and then they get so excited and carried away that they don't. *Some men cannot
tell when they are going to ejaculate. *Some men ejaculate very quickly, before they realize it.
*Before ejaculation, almost all penises leak fluid that can cause pregnancy. -FAMs: *These
methods work best for women with very regular periods. *Teen women often have irregular
periods. *Their partners may not wish to cooperate in using this method. *A teen's relationship
may not be as stable or as committed as is necessary for developing the trust and cooperation
necessary for effective use of this method.