US teens having less sex, drugs … 060508

US teens are having less sex, doing fewer drugs and smoking fewer cigarettes than those who grew up in the 1990s, a study released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. they are also more likely to use condoms when they do have sex, wear a seat belt and avoid getting into a car with a driver who’s been drinking, the national study of youth risk behavior found. about 48 percent of high school students were no longer virgins in 2007, down from 54 percent in 1991. meanwhile, just 15 percent said they’d had four or more sexual partners, down from 19 percent in 1991. and 62 percent of sexually active students said they’d used a condom the last time they had sex, up from 46 percent in 1991. some 35 percent of teens had at least one drink of alcohol in the month before they were surveyed in 2007, down from 42 percent in 1991. Marijuana use has fallen to 20 percent of students from a peak of 27 percent in 1999 while methamphetamine use is down to four percent of teens surveyed in 2007 from 10 percent in 2001. in a world like we are living in today, we can rejoice for these improvements. its encouraging to read. could spirituality, the true love waits and other programs like that be a major contributing factor? i want to believe that. how about you?