Link (http://www.local6.com/news/15773787/detail.html)

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy has prompted lawmakers to push for an overhaul of sex education in the state.


The survey showed that Florida teens also believe that smoking marijuana will prevent a person from getting pregnant.

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.

Oh my, where has the common sense gone in this world. These are the same people who believe things like weight loss pills work. The truth is, if these methods did work, then we wouldn't have a problem with HIV/AIDS or unwanted pregnancies and I can't believe these teens are stupid enough to believe that.

Oh my, where has the common sense gone in this world. These are the same people who believe things like weight loss pills work. The truth is, if these methods did work, then we wouldn't have a problem with HIV/AIDS or unwanted pregnancies and I can't believe these teens are stupid enough to believe that.

Bleach does kill the HIV/AIDS virus, but it will NOT help anyone who ingests bleach into their system by either prevention or cure.

I've often wondered to myself if we know bleach can kill the virus, can this lead to research into something that does? Obviously teens in their naïveté will believe falsehoods as ridiculous as some seem to us.

:rolleyes: Ay carumba!!

Why am I not surprised? :( When I read stories like this I really am glad that I am 31. Being a teen in the late 80's and the first half of the 90's was difficult enough. I'm not sure I could survive in the teenage work of the 21st century,

Holy Cow, where do the kids come up with this stuff?

Why am I not surprised? :( When I read stories like this I really am glad that I am 31. Being a teen in the late 80's and the first half of the 90's was difficult enough. I'm not sure I could survive in the teenage work of the 21st century,

It was easy for me (teen of the 2000's), i just kept to myself and didn't listen to anyone. There will always be stupid myths like this in life, teens just need to learn not to listen to just anyone and avoid people who spread these myths.

Mountain Dew now, huh? I thought it was Sprite that was supposed to prevent pregnancy. :rolleyes:

Mountain Dew now, huh? I thought it was Sprite that was supposed to prevent pregnancy. :rolleyes:

That's true, Sprite is an acronym for:

Stopping Pregnancy Requires Ingesting The Elixir. ;)

That's true, Sprite is an acronym for:

Stopping Pregnancy Requires Ingesting The Elixir. ;)
:clap :lol: :rofl: :brent

..wait, so it's not true?! :eek:

WOW!:eek: Some of the things that people come up with.:crazy:

Sure...drinking bleach will prevent AIDS. It also prevents your life...and if you have no life, you have no AIDS! Seems simple to me!

And duh! It's common knowledge that embryos HATE Mt. Dew. They refuse to grow in a Mt. Dew infested environment.

teenagers are stupid.

A billion pages of information available on the internet, and people are still listening to some story thier friend heard from a guy.

Get off the YouTube and start reading kids.

I'll say it: If these kids are stupid enough to drink bleach...well...maybe they're doing the world a favor if they suffer the consequences.

I'll say it: If these kids are stupid enough to drink bleach...well...maybe they're doing the world a favor if they suffer the consequences.

this is where our tax dollars are going?! these kids must be the ones watching MTV.

Mountain Dew now, huh? I thought it was Sprite that was supposed to prevent pregnancy. :rolleyes:


Well, I've been a 7-UP guy myself. :lol:

ohno: wow...some people are so...dumb.

Wouldn't that burn the hell out of the lining of your esophagus?

Wouldn't that burn the hell out of the lining of your esophagus?

Yes, but then your voice would sound terrible, then there would be know way that cute boy in your Biology class will invite you to the Spring formal and probably get you pregnant in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn!


;)

Yes, but then your voice would sound terrible, then there would be know way that cute boy in your Biology class will invite you to the Spring formal and probably get you pregnant in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn!


;)
:lol:

I guess kids going to the emergency room was how this was discovered.

I'll say it: If these kids are stupid enough to drink bleach...well...maybe they're doing the world a favor if they suffer the consequences.
Agreed.

I'll say it: If these kids are stupid enough to drink bleach...well...maybe they're doing the world a favor if they suffer the consequences.

That's why they're kids and considered minors. ;) Reasoning skills are not their best during adolescent years.

That's why they're kids and considered minors. ;) Reasoning skills are not their best during adolescent years.
and considering you were 16 when we first became friends... I know very well that you're speaking from experience :lol:

and considering you were 16 when we first became friends... I know very well that you're speaking from experience :lol:

Yes, I walked into the hospital at the age of 15 and was paralyzed in a botched operation. One year later, I got suckered into joining a cult. ;) Those were the days!

i didn't even see this until just now...

"The survey showed that Florida teens also believe that smoking marijuana will prevent a person from getting pregnant."

hahaha. smoking pot will probably help GET you pregnant, not keep you from getting pregnant. these kids need some serious sex education classes, and fast.

ohno: wow...some people are so...dumb.
I couldn't agree more. :lol:

this current generation of kids need to get their facts straight and not come up such stupid and inane ideas such as these. read books and not make assumptions that they believe to be true, when in actual fact they turn out to be ludicrous and false

this current generation of kids need to get their facts straight and not come up such stupid and inane ideas such as these. read books and not make assumptions that they believe to be true, when in actual fact they turn out to be ludicrous and false
It is not just this generation of kids. In defense of this generation of kids, these kind of rumors and bad information has been around forever they didn't just start recently with the internet. Anyone remember the pop rocks and soda rumor? My late father told me some things that made my eyes pop out of my head on the things that teens back in his era thought.

It is not just this generation of kids. In defense of this generation of kids, these kind of rumors and bad information has been around forever they didn't just start recently with the internet. Anyone remember the pop rocks and soda rumor? My late father told me some things that made my eyes pop out of my head on the things that teens back in his era thought.

Yep, I died in 1978 as the result of a bizarre pop rocks and soda incident--

Oh, wait, that was Mikey from the Life cereal commercial! Never mind.

Yep, I died in 1978 as the result of a bizarre pop rocks and soda incident--

Oh, wait, that was Mikey from the Life cereal commercial! Never mind.
:lol: :lol: :lol: