This issue shows that young people are not taking proper precautions to keep themselves safe. This can most likely be traced back to misinformation about how to properly protect yourself. A WebMD article regarding the issue of abstinence versus sex education provided a testimonial from a San Francisco high school that was given a lecture on sex, primarily focused on abstinence. According to a 15-year-old student, the only mention of contraception was: "'Condoms cannot always stop AIDS and will not always prevent pregnancy.'" If this is the only information students receive about contraceptives, it is nearly impossible for them to know exactly what they are, let alone how to use them correctly. While AIDS is obviously one of the worst sexually transmitted diseases, it is not the only one that is much more common among teenagers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "In 2012, 1,002,692 cases of chlamydia infection were reported among people under the age of 25, representing 70 percent of all reported chlamydia cases." . students are better informed about all types of sexually transmitted diseases, along with symptoms and treatments Just because they're not exactly deadly