AEGiS-PRn: CASA to Release Study Revealing Dangerous Connection Between Teen Substance Use and Sex

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CASA to Release Study Revealing Dangerous Connection Between Teen Substance Use and Sex

PRNewswire - December 3, 1999

Teens who drink or use drugs are much more likely to have sex, initiate it at younger ages -- as early as middle school -- and have multiple partners, placing them at higher risk for sexually-transmitted diseases, AIDS and unplanned pregnancies, according to a new report to be released at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 7 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, State Room, Mezzanine Level, Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. by former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr., President of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA*).

CASA's report, Dangerous Liaisons: Substance Abuse and Sex, is an unprecedented two-year analysis of the connections between substance abuse and all aspects of sex and sexual violence.

* The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University is neither affiliated with, nor sponsored by, the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (also known as "CASA") or any of its member organizations, or any other organization with the name of "CASA".

CONTACT: Alyse Booth, 212-841-5260, or Nancy Kearney, 212-841-5262, both of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University; or Bob Neuman of Neuman & Co., 202-628-2075, for The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

SOURCE National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
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