Introduction | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS. Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among West Coast motorcycle gangs in the 1970s has spread across the United States, and despite lawmakers' calls for action, the drug is now more potent, and more destructive, than at any time in the past decade. In The Meth Epidemic, FRONTLINE, in association with The Oregonian, investigates the meth rampage in America: the appalling impact on individuals, Read more [...]

AS ADAPTED FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION While it may sound daunting to think about talking to your recent sex partners, perhaps also including your primary partner, and telling them that you've been diagnosed with an STD, it's important to let them know as soon as possible so they can get treatment, too. If these are people you have regular sexual relationships with, it can be even more important to discuss this because if one partner is untreated, many STDs can be passed back and Read more [...]

Less than a third of people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States are in successful enough treatment that they will remain healthy and reduce the likelihood of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners, according to the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health officials believe they must dramatically boost that number in order to control the epidemic, which has ravaged black communities in particular and is still growing among black gay and bisexual men. The CDC released Read more [...]

Most Parents Discuss Relationships, Not Birth Control, With Kids While many parents talk with their children about sexuality, they don’t necessarily discuss key issues that might help protect their children, according to a Planned Parenthood statement. The results of a Planned Parenthood poll indicated that 92 percent of parents surveyed talked to their children about relationships and that 87 percent talked about when to have or not have sex. However, in terms of personal values, 74 percent of Read more [...]

Prison labor is no secret. It is widely known that prisoners do such things as work the roads on the outside and produce goods on the inside -- all of which they are barely paid for. What is relatively new information for those of us on the outside is that prison labor is the new sweatshop -- a system where highly disenfranchised individuals are forced into labor for the greater profit of corporations. At least that is what independent journalist Rania Khalek says. Her recent Alternet article Read more [...]